(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is widely celebrated for his staunch support of libertarian principles. Ron Paul’s libertarian principles, however, often lead to statements that enrage critics. After tornadoes devastated Kentucky and Indiana Friday, Ron Paul said that he would not give federal aid to tornado victims.
“There is no such thing as federal money,” Ron Paul posited on CNN’s 
“State of the Union” Sunday, adding that “federal money is just what they steal from the states and steal from you and me.”
NPR reports that the death toll from Friday’s tornadoes has climbed to 39 people. The severe weather was the worst in southern Indiana. NPR’s Karen Grigsby cites a sheriff who said that Marysville, Indiana is “completely gone.”
Although damage estimates have not been completed, the cost of last week’s tornado outbreak will likely come to many millions of dollars. However, Ron Paul is adamant that federal aid should not be used to rebuild broken homes and businesses.
“The people who live in tornado alley, just as I live in hurricane alley, they should have insurance,” Ron Paul, who lives in Texas, argued.
The former Air Force surgeon, however, accepted the fact that the National Guard has an important role to play in aftermath of the tornado outbreak. The Texas congressman Ron Paul, however, slammed the Federal Emergency Management Agency for making a mess of disaster management.
“To say that any accident that happens in the country, send in FEMA, send in the money, the government has all this money—it is totally out of control and it’s not efficient,” Ron Paul professed.
Do you agree with Ron Paul on this matter? Shouldn’t we help out fellow citizens in time of need? Still nice to see Ron Paul voice his opinion even if it’s not popular.
Via AP
