Texas may need more than $125 billion U.S. aid for Harvey recovery. #BuhByeBigBeautifulWall

[Miles Archer]

Texas may need more than $125 billion U.S. aid for Harvey recovery



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-abbott-idUSKCN1BA2TQ

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas could need more than $125 billion from the U.S. government as it recovers from Tropical Storm Harvey, Governor Greg Abbott said on Wednesday.

In a press conference, the governor said Harvey’s scope exceeded that of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005. The U.S. government allocated $125 billion in aid to Katrina relief, and Abbott said he thought Harvey relief should be more given its size.

[Skittles]

1. he's not going to give up on that fucking wall

he's like a child who wants a toy

and the way repukes trash the federal government, denying aid to others and then come running when THEY need aid, is SICKENING

[FSogol]

2. There is an obvious solution using Trumpian Logic: Make Mexico pay to fix Texas

[DesertRat]

3. Perfect hashtag

[tanyev]

4. At this particular moment, it may be best that we are a red state with a Republican gov.

If this had happened in a state with a Democratic governor, the Rethugs would be blaming everything on the Democrat and crowing loud and long about handouts and bootstraps. RW nutjobs are already blaming the storm itself as God's judgment for the previous mayor of Houston.

[Pope George Ringo II]

6. Don't forget Sylvester Turner

Did the right thing on evacuation, but he's a Democrat with dark skin so everything that went wrong is his fault. Even if it went wrong in Rockport.

[Iliyah]

5. Weather disaster season has arrived but the GOP can't get their hands out of

other people's pockets, especially the ones in need.

[NNadir]

7. I hope Ted Cruz will hold the money up to see if there's any "pork" in there. While we're at it...

...I hope that Paul Ryan will beat the brains out of the bill to make sure it's revenue neutral.

I live in New Jersey, and I remember.