Hurricane Sandy and Mitt Romney's FEMA Problem

During the primary elections Mitt Romney made comments about cutting funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and now with Hurricane Sandy he has been dodging questions about his previous comment. Romney was quoted as saying
"Every time you have an occasion to take something from the Federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better"

Hurricane Sandy has shown why having the federal government help is important in massive disasters that cover many states. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, on the Today show said "The federal government's response has been great. I was on the phone at midnight again last night with the president, personally; he has expedited the designation of New Jersey as a major disaster area ... the president has been outstanding in this. The folks at FEMA, Chris Fugate, and his folks have been excellent."
The federal government is doing their job to help out states and citizens at a time when they need it. Romney has said it's immoral to have disaster relief, but that just doesn't work. Citizens should be able to rely on their governments to get back on their feet.

In 2013 tax cuts will expire and there will be automatic spending cuts made to almost all programs, including FEMA. Congress' inability to reach an agreement threatens the impacts of disaster relief.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-exposes-mitt-romney-s-self-made-fema-problem.html

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/10/30/pmt-chris-christie-barack-obama.cnn