A marginally interesting thought occurred to me...

[Montauk6]

I wonder what NY GOPers think of this; on one hand, it's an affront that transcends partisanship: yet again, the state (their state too) that is the NUMBER ONE target for terror attacks gets short-changed. On the OTHER hand, it's par for the course with their slash-and-spend (only when it benefits the least needy) comrades in DC.

Some catch-22, huh?


NY Loses Millions in Federal 9-11 Aid

NEW YORK, NY, November 16, 2005 — Congressional budget negotiators are taking back $125 million in September 11th aid from New York. That despite lobbying by New York lawmakers as well as firefighters and federal agents who worked at World Trade Center

http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/54033