Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers

[Flaylo]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

 

[Artevelde]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

 

[Flaylo]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

What the fack do you mean groups and taxpayer money? This is for rape victims, do rape victims not pay taxes like everyone else?

 

[Artevelde]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

What the fack do you mean groups and taxpayer money? This is for rape victims, do rape victims not pay taxes like everyone else?

No, this is for non-governmental organizations who want to work in this area. The Government does have a duty to provide services for rape victims, like for all victims of crime, and the article makes clear that the State of Florida does so. What this is about, is about giving government support to non-government groups.

 

[Flaylo]

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

What the fack do you mean groups and taxpayer money? This is for rape victims, do rape victims not pay taxes like everyone else?

No, this is for non-governmental organizations who want to work in this area. The Government does have a duty to provide services for rape victims, like for all victims of crime, and the article makes clear that the State of Florida does so. What this is about, is about giving government support to non-government groups.

No it is not, you haven't read the article enough, most of the money given is for education and rape prevention but not for rape victims, can't you facking read?

 

[Artevelde]

What the fack do you mean groups and taxpayer money? This is for rape victims, do rape victims not pay taxes like everyone else?

No, this is for non-governmental organizations who want to work in this area. The Government does have a duty to provide services for rape victims, like for all victims of crime, and the article makes clear that the State of Florida does so. What this is about, is about giving government support to non-government groups.

No it is not, you haven't read the article enough, most of the money given is for education and rape prevention but not for rape victims, can't you facking read?

Apparently you are the one who can't read. And not really write either.

 

[Flaylo]

No, this is for non-governmental organizations who want to work in this area. The Government does have a duty to provide services for rape victims, like for all victims of crime, and the article makes clear that the State of Florida does so. What this is about, is about giving government support to non-government groups.

No it is not, you haven't read the article enough, most of the money given is for education and rape prevention but not for rape victims, can't you facking read?

Apparently you are the one who can't read. And not really write either.

You can't facking read, I read the whole facking thing.

 

[Artevelde]

Education is also a great responsibility of state government. Apparently you didn't benefit from one.

 

[Avatar4321]

Why are the tax payers paying for this to begin with? Shouldnt financial support come from individuals who care about these things? Charity is better than Robbery.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Sexual Assault awareness month?

What month was that?

 

[J.E.D]

If this woman is to correct, the gov has indeed cut funding to rape crisis centers. According to her, most of the money the state already provides to rape programs, is used for educational purposes, not these rape crisis centers.

"We say 'here's the need, here's the need, here's the need,' and frankly, nobody's paying any attention," she told HuffPost. "We gave them information about the number of new survivors we have and we showed them that these rape crisis centers have waiting lists. Survivors are having to wait weeks, sometimes six weeks, in some programs three months to be seen. We included quotes from the programs about the waiting lists and what services they weren't able to offer because of a lack of money. There is clearly an unmet need."

As for the $6.5 million that Scott said the government provides for rape prevention and sexual assault services, a large percentage of that money is distributed to education programs, not actual crisis centers serving the victims.

"He's probably including rape prevention and education money," she said. "You think they would have asked us about that, and we could explain to them very clearly what money is available for our programs. It looks like $1.5 million is a lot of money to ask for, but frankly, when you spread it across 67 counties, it's not."

The author also makes a point that has apparently been overlooked or ignored by gov Scott. Fair or not, decisions like this one by the gov will be tied to the many state GOP legislatures who have proposed or passed bills aimed at restricting abortion and women's health services.

From a political standpoint, Scott's cuts to sexual violence funding could not have come at a worse time, as Republicans in Congress are taking heat for opposing the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. But Scott's spokesman said the governor's decision had nothing to do with the oft-cited GOP "war on women."

 

[CrusaderFrank]

What the fuck is a "Rape Crisis Center"?

 

[Sallow]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Gotta love it.

And it wasn't alot of money either.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

...and, of course, the article is from HuffPo where Flaylo is still Arianna's pool boy

 

[Sallow]

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

What the fack do you mean groups and taxpayer money? This is for rape victims, do rape victims not pay taxes like everyone else?

No, this is for non-governmental organizations who want to work in this area. The Government does have a duty to provide services for rape victims, like for all victims of crime, and the article makes clear that the State of Florida does so. What this is about, is about giving government support to non-government groups.

The government aids non-government groups all the time. What do you think the "Faith based iniatives" was all about?

And many hospitals are run by for profit faith based organizations.

 

[Claudette]

According to the article the State already funds sexual violence programs:

A spokesperson for Scott said he vetoed that particular line item in the state budget because the state already funds sexual violence programs, and nobody was able to make it clear to him why rape crisis centers needed the new funding.

Jesus. One would think anyone who is raped could see a damned phyciatrist if needed. Oh wait. They would have to pay for that themselves. Never mind.


Another lame thread courtesy of Flylo.

 

[SniperFire]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

If free stuff is not given on demand, you must be a hater.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There is no information in this article other than typical Huff n Puff hit pieces.
What are the statistics of the centers and what was this additional money for???
Seems to me the Governor did his JOB.
They asked for $1.5 million ADDITIONAL taxpayer funds - but could not/would not tell him specifically what it was for.
That is his freaking job people!
Other Governors should only be this good. You ask for money - you should expect to be able to provide the specifics as to what it is for.
He did what he is elected to do - it is the rape centers that failed here.

 

[Stephanie]

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month


The pro woman party has done it again.

Groups that don't get their taxpayer-funded gravy often are shocked. That's life.

another day late...you know how to use SEARCH

 

[Claudette]

There is no information in this article other than typical Huff n Puff hit pieces.
What are the statistics of the centers and what was this additional money for???
Seems to me the Governor did his JOB.
They asked for $1.5 million ADDITIONAL taxpayer funds - but could not/would not tell him specifically what it was for.
That is his freaking job people!
Other Governors should only be this good. You ask for money - you should expect to be able to provide the specifics as to what it is for.
He did what he is elected to do - it is the rape centers that failed here.

I live down here in Florida and good for Scott. Hope he keeps right on questioning the use of tax dollars.

Works for me but then I'm not a freeloader.