Gov. Murkowski: $2K is a lot of money - especially for a handout

[CatWoman]

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, a Republican, said he had concerns about the potential for abuse.

"That's a lot of money. The question is how do you separate the needy from those who just want a $2,000 handout," he said.

The cards will be issued on a one-per-household basis, said Natalie Rule, a FEMA spokeswoman in Washington. As a safeguard against fraud, FEMA will use aerial photographs of devastated areas to verify that the refugees were, indeed, forced from their homes in cases where they cannot provide documents to prove their losses or identities.

"We've got a huge population of people that have been evacuated with very little by way of possessions and we have to have a way to make sure these people can function," Rule said. "If there are those who are out there to cheat the system, that is going to be very disappointing. But the main goal is to get the aid out."

Rule said the agency was setting up registration centers in shelters in Houston and Dallas where evacuees could obtain the cards.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/D8CFK5701.html

[truebrit71]

1. You know what ass-clown...?

Be happy with your pork-barrel bridge and just STFU....K?

[driver8]

15. No shit...why don't you run back and forth across your bridge to

nowhere and keep your big mouth shut.

[blitzen]

2. HAH!!!!! Alaska is the land of the mega-handouts!!! n/t

[shance]

3. These people lost everything you heartless bastard.

n/t

[Stand and Fight]

4. What an asshole...

What is it with these people? What the fuck happen to them as children to make them into such un-compassionate, inhuman beasts?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. You'd think the fucker would figure out how to get them to funnel

it into his campaign fund.

Oops...I just gave them an idea...shit! Now we have to send out marked bills instead.

[kikiek]

6. Won't even pay for the damage deposit and 1st months rent jackass.

[Cleita]

7. He probably spends that in an hour gambling.

SOB.

[NVMojo]

8. Fuckface Handout Murkowski! Didn't the USA give the Gaza Strip

evacuees alot more money than that to help 'em do the Chimp's bidding? You rich troughsucking fucker!

[Erika]

9. GOP racism again. If they are Black they must be cheats

Laura Bush said the inner Blacks took the brunt of the hit. They stayed there.

God, Republicans make me ill. Ken Lay is doing beautiful after crashing thousands of pensions, but this stupid broad is worried about inner city Blacks. What a -----.

[uncle ray]

10. where was he 20 years ago

when AK was handing out oil dividend checks to it's citizens for no reason other than being Alaskan?

[Erika]

18. Alaskans still receive a yearly dividend for their oil

Many times thousands of dollars per person. Do you know of any other state where citizens actually gain from oil sales? Are they on the dole or what?

[SW FL Dem]

11. Didn't Alaska get a few million dollars to build a bridge to nowhere

Who is this ass clown to criticize about handouts?

[bullwinkle428]

12. Damn, I wish I could lose all of my worldly posessions

so I could get my hands on a $2000 debit card...

WHAT.AN.ASS! :mad:

[Erika]

22. Yeah, they lost their home and possessions

and this dumb ===== is worried about fraud on $2,000 bucks. They will also have lost many family members.

[bobbieinok]

13. IMO, this is 'blacks are too dumb to spend $ wisely'

[madaboutharry]

14. His daughter got a really big handout:

A Senate seat. What a shit. $2,000 is not much money when you have to start replacing your life from scratch. These people are such scum.

[Erika]

20. Yes, they are.

Pure scum.

[all.of.me]

16. he's projecting again - "those who are out there to cheat the system."

takes one to know one.

[DanCa]

17. If it went to trent lotts house would he have a problem.?

[jayctravis]

19. So...they want to bribe people now, but they don't want to give them

too much...

[Catherine Vincent]

21. These damn republicans are really pissing me off!

:mad:

[Skip Intro]

23. 9 BILLION MISSING in IRAQ, and he want's to make sure the poor don't get

a CENT more than necessary.

FUCK MURKOWSKI.

FUCK REPUBLICANS!

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!

[Bluebear]

24. So is $???????.00 for a bridge to nowhere you heartless bastard n/t

[valerief]

25. Bloodgate!!!! This whole tragedy is Bloodgate!!!!

These disgusting pols that feed at the porkbarrel trough have no shame whatsoever. They're like the alligator killing machines that ate god knows how many people in this manufactured flood. And they're leaving their trail of blood everywhere as they gorge on more innocents.

I can't stop seething over their grotesque greed.

[AspenRose]

26. How much did the 9/11 survivors get in comparison

I don't recall as many republicans complaining about that....

[Bluebear]

27. AAAAAAAARGH JUST SAY IT. "They'll just buy drugs!!!!"

RIGHT, FRANK????? RIGHT???????? I can't stand it anymore. I just cannot stand it anymore.

[CatWoman]

32. BINGO!!!!

SAY NO TO GOVT. SPONSORED CRACK!!!!

Think that will be his campaign slogan?

[countmyvote4real]

28. I'm getting over my problems with the French Revolution. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

29. by all means - that money could go to the cruise ships

who were paid 192 million dollars for housing i think no one
contracted for 6 months but no one wanted to live oh surrounded by water on a ship that is controlled by the federal government

i dont know why

[OneBlueSky]

30. "The cards will be issued on a one-per-household basis" . . .

so what happens when Dad's in Houston, Mom and the baby are in Memphis, and the two other kids are in Utah? . . .

[Solly Mack]

31. Which just proves the following

"A Conservative will starve 99 needy families to catch 1 cheat. A Liberal will feed 99 cheats to save 1 needy family from starving"

The last thing on anyone's mind should be whether someone is cheating the system or not - especially coming from a Bushbot, who do nothing but cheat and rob Americans.

I'm beginning to believe these people have little oil wells in place of hearts

Frank Murkowski is truly a disgusting person.

[onenote]

33. Murkowski's campaign finances

The guy raised over 1.7 million for his 1998 Senate campaign, and his opponent raised less than $25,000. And he thinks "$2,000" is a lot of money.

What a fuckin' asshat.

onenote

[oneighty]

35. Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

Given every year to each qualified Alaskan.

In 2004 it was $919.84 per person. Not per family. In many previous years it was much more. They really need to drill the wilderness for more oil to build the dividends. Pile the pie higher. You know.

180

[myrna minx]

34. These bastards make me want to vomit.

:puke: :puke: