More welfare for the have's...This time it's hurricane relief aid...

bushco never misses a chance to push social darwinism and political ideology... that it comes in the guise of hurricane relief aid is simply an indication of how low they're willing to go... nauseating...

The Congressional Research Service, an office that provides nonpartisan legislative analysis to lawmakers, pointed to several items in virtually identical bills that passed in the House and Senate last week.

One helps hurricane victims get access to their savings by waiving penalties imposed on taxpayers who tap into their retirement savings accounts before retirement. Others let taxpayers write off more of their destroyed property, and erase taxes regularly imposed when a debt, like a mortgage, is forgiven.

The report says lower income survivors are less likely to have retirement accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs to tap into for recovery. Because many lower income individuals and families pay little tax, assistance efforts that lower their taxes may do little good, the report said.

i don't doubt that both of these provisions can provide relief to those who need it but i would much rather see stronger measures to assist those who took the worst of it - the people who either could not afford or had no means to leave and those who had to stay behind due to their own disability or the disability of a loved one... THAT'S where aid is REALLY needed...

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