What would you say in response to a Republican who says that the CDC had an ample budget?

[Baitball Blogger]

In other words, the CDC had the money it needed to take care of the Ebola issue?

[malaise]

1. Two words

FU!!

Meanwhile

http://www.globalresearch.ca/privatized-ebola-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-is-the-world-health-organizations-boss-not-governments/5408056

[sarisataka]

2. I would ask them to "Please

Go do volunteer work with ebola patients. There should be no risk if funding is sufficient for research and protective gear."


I know- "Republican" "volunteer"

[hifiguy]

3. Borrowing from Stephanie M, I think this covers it.

[kestrel91316]

4. Emergency infectious disease response budget was cut 50% over the past 10 years.

They are clearly massively underfunded in all areas.

Disband the freaking military and spend our tax dollars on saving lives instead of destroying them.

[Sanity Claws]

5. I would ask what orifice he pulled that out of

Like everything else Republicans say, it has no facts or anything else to support it.

Also, interesting how a Texas for-profit hospital and a state with many uninsured (refused to do ACA)is at the apex of the Ebola issue. Even if CDC had money, what could it do?

[irisblue]

6. have you always been so foolish?

[Kber]

7. Saying doesnt make it so

I would ask
1) if the republican knows what the CDC budget is
2) what is it compared to, say 10 years ago
3) if they know what the CDC actually does
4) if they can give an example of a CDC core mission or project, along with their proposed budget and a real justification that their budget will get the job done.

Absent a demonstration that the person can intelligently address these questions, I'd say they were talking out of their ass.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. The person I'm responding to is deep in Repub circles.

They have posted credible links to show that the CDC was given $300 mil more than the president requested this year.