Eric Cantor: Hurricane Relief Spending Means Cuts Need To Happen Elsewhere

A spokesperson for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced today that any funds directed towards hurricane Irene relief efforts will have to be balanced out by cuts elsewhere. Yes, the United States is pretty much a ditzy college student who spent all of mom and dad’s money on beer, drugs and fighting several overseas wars, and now can’t afford to buy food:

We aren’t going to speculate on damage before it happens, period. But, as you know, Eric has consistently said that additional funds for federal disaster relief ought to be offset with spending cuts.

What’s more, government help for seriously damaged areas (if serious damage occurs, that is) is expected to trickle in slowly. But at least we’ve stockpiled all that beer.

h/t TPM

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