Another Tea Party disaster: Nikki Haley's SC sees massive fire disaster; Low response

So Haley herself recommended they cut thier fire budget? It was her decision on what exactly got cut?

Maybe if the localities didnt have huge underfunded pension plans to worry about, then maybe they could have kept some of thier currently working fire protection.

No. She cut aid to cities and counties. She wasnt sure if it would be for fire, police, roads, or whatever. She just knew it was a budget cut, and she liked it. Meanwhile, crime is up, fires are taking longer to get control of, and the roads are crumbling.

But hey, the rich folks of Hilton Head and Charleston get to do a yacht upgrade!

Its called budgeting, something democrats do not have even a vague concept of. If the localities needed more $$ they could always have raised the local taxes to cover it.
So...raising taxes actually is the answer?

Thanks for the confirmation.
 
No. She cut aid to cities and counties. She wasnt sure if it would be for fire, police, roads, or whatever. She just knew it was a budget cut, and she liked it. Meanwhile, crime is up, fires are taking longer to get control of, and the roads are crumbling.

But hey, the rich folks of Hilton Head and Charleston get to do a yacht upgrade!

Its called budgeting, something democrats do not have even a vague concept of. If the localities needed more $$ they could always have raised the local taxes to cover it.
So...raising taxes actually is the answer?

Thanks for the confirmation.

They could have tried, and thus incur the wrath or support of the local population.

I have no issue with taxation, however I prefer it to originate at the lowest level of government possible, thus having the people who want some service thus pay for it.
 
Its the choice we have made

You can't slash budgets and then have full coverage for any contingency that comes along. It is a choice that S Carolina has made. They want budgets slashed to the bone and they get to face any consequences
 
Haley to address wildfire in Carolina Forest which destroyed hom - Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports

The Tea Party experiment that has turned to a disaster- Gov Nikki Haley of SC- is seeing yet another major negative event. The most recent was the state's DOR letting over 4 million SC residents get their personal and banking info hacked, due to Gov Haley refusing to raise the pay for cyber-security, and thus, leaving the position vacant for a year; AND refusing to pay for up to date cyber security software, failing to pay to encrypt taxpayer info; and the result was a mega cyber hacking disaster.

Well NOW we see a huge fire in Horry County (Myrtle Beach). What started out as a brush fire ended up destroying 26 apartment buildings- yes, you read right, a brush fire destroyed 26 buildings. Why? Well, when the economy tanked, Myrtle Beach suffered a lot due to it's reliance on tourism. And when things like that happen, tourist areas tend to get some aid from the state until the economy recovers.

But not from the Tea Party Queen. No no, she slashed all those assistance funds to local county and city governments. As a result, the coastal cities of Myrtle Beach and Charleston had to make drastic cutbacks on services- including Fire Dept services.

So, this fire got out of hand quick due to the dry and warm conditions and windy weather. Usually, that means more trucks. Or help from neighboring jurisdictions. But, without the staffing and number of trucks they used to have, they got overwhelmed a little bit. Help had to come from farther away. And as we all know, in a fire, time is critical.

What would've been a brush fire and maybe a 2-3 building fire......turned into a 26 building fire. The pure result of a smaller, understaffed fire deptartment. Thank God the injuries were few.

If you owned a home in one of those 26 buildings, well, thank the Tea Party Queen. Her austerity measures have ensured that you didnt pay a dime more in taxes. BUT, if a fire hits, well, you better have bought a lot of hoses and water bottles.

you are friggen ridiculous...you are going to take every disaster and now blame them on the Tea Party..
 
Its the choice we have made

You can't slash budgets and then have full coverage for any contingency that comes along. It is a choice that S Carolina has made. They want budgets slashed to the bone and they get to face any consequences

As opposed to spending money governments don't have, and thus passing debt down a few generations, or increasing taxes to the point businesses/well off people leave, and thus denying their entire tax base?

And since when is $6 BILLION DOLLARS considered "bare boned?"
 

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