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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3891911" data-attributes="member: 48469">&quot;Today, many people — both Democrats and Republicans from the Northeast — have noticed that Republican politicians in Texas are asking for immediate federal help for their constituents in the Houston area, yet five years ago when Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast, those very same Republicans were unwilling to help.This looks like garden-variety parochialism and hypocrisy, of the kind both parties are guilty of from time to time, right? Wrong.Here’s the truth: There are some kinds of hypocrisy both Democrats and Republicans engage in, but this isn’t one of them. When there’s a natural or human-made disaster and people are crying out for aid, virtually all Democrats say, “The government should help.” Lots of Republicans, on the other hand, say, “Is this happening to our people? If so, then yes, the government should help. If not, screw ’em.”<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/29/on-disaster-relief-republicans-go-beyond-hypocrisy/?utm_term=.56e33da07717" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/29/on-disaster-relief-republicans-go-beyond-hypocrisy/?utm_term=.56e33da07717</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3891911, member: 48469"] "Today, many people — both Democrats and Republicans from the Northeast — have noticed that Republican politicians in Texas are asking for immediate federal help for their constituents in the Houston area, yet five years ago when Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast, those very same Republicans were unwilling to help. This looks like garden-variety parochialism and hypocrisy, of the kind both parties are guilty of from time to time, right? Wrong. Here’s the truth:[B] There are some kinds of hypocrisy both Democrats and Republicans engage in, but this isn’t one of them. When there’s a natural or human-made disaster and people are crying out for aid, virtually all Democrats say, “The government should help.” Lots of Republicans, on the other hand, say, “Is this happening to [I]our[/I] people? If so, then yes, the government should help. If not, screw ’em.” [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/08/29/on-disaster-relief-republicans-go-beyond-hypocrisy/?utm_term=.56e33da07717[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]

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