▲ 493 ▼ DeSantis voted against Sandy aid a decade ago. Now his state needs the help. (www.politico.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments Florida’s Republicans have a complicated relationship with disaster aid.
[–] Cerbero@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) That'll go over his head. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Pretty much everything goes over his head, it's one of the drawbacks of being so short. I am getting pretty tired of bailing out people who built in a place that gets hurricanes on a pretty much anual basis, though... Makes me think what they should start doing is refusing to pay for rebuilds- and instead just buy them out and turn the beach/whatever over to a patchwork of national 'forests' or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] evatronic@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I disagree. He is an incredibly intelligent person. He just lacks any sort of shame or moral fortitude and believes that whatever it takes to enrich himself is justified. permalink fedilink source parent [–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It will be in the same place as his head. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Pretty much everything goes over his head, it's one of the drawbacks of being so short. I am getting pretty tired of bailing out people who built in a place that gets hurricanes on a pretty much anual basis, though... Makes me think what they should start doing is refusing to pay for rebuilds- and instead just buy them out and turn the beach/whatever over to a patchwork of national 'forests' or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I disagree. He is an incredibly intelligent person. He just lacks any sort of shame or moral fortitude and believes that whatever it takes to enrich himself is justified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It will be in the same place as his head. permalink fedilink source parent