I may have been incorrect on the exact quote. That was taken from a commentator on the Washington Post. However the referenced quote is as follows:
In the June 2011 GOP debate Romney was asked by the moderator John King of CNN if he thinks disaster relief would be better handled by the states. Absolutely, Romney said. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, thats the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, thats even better. Including disaster relief, though? King asked. We cannot we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids, Romney said. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that well all be dead and gone before its paid off. It makes no sense at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OhXyJeKaj8E Other sources: http://americablog.com/2012/10/gop-strategist-romney-is-right-close-fema-nobody-cares-about-it.html http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-on-getting-rid-of-fema-absolutely.html On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > you could start here: > > http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-fema-hurricane-funding.html > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Was that the exact quote? I cannot seem to find that anywhere. I was >> able to find what Sam had posted as 'context' for the 'immoral' >> comment and it is no where near as damning as what your 'quote' would >> lead others to believe - matter of fact, I don't think it's damning at >> all and in context, makes sense. >> >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> btw sam how is a simple quote spin? where is the distortion in what I >>> quoted? >>> >>> "Federal funding for disaster relief is IMMORAL, and is something that >>> should be left up to the states or, even better -- the private >>> sector." >>> ---Mitt Romney, 2011 >>> >>> how is that spin on my part? >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> He was saying it's immoral to keep writing blank checks. If you spend >>>> money for emergencies, you need to cut something somewhere else. >>>> That's common sense. >>>> >>>> Larry is the one spinning it to sound like it's immoral to rescue people. >>>> That's what happens when you get news from MotherJones. >>>> >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That's fine....what does that have to do with natural disasters???? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
