How much money did the federal government spend on hurricanes this year?
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None.  Did you mean hurricane relief?  Probably a few billion.
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i really cant say im surprised i saw it coming with the spending...I guess the great Dominican Republic is going to have to bail out Puerto Rico again
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You should edit your question so that it is more clear.  Are you talking about how much Washington DC takes in from taxes?  They taxed about 4 trillion dollars last year, or roughly 20% of gross domestic product.
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There have been many bad hurricanes in U.S. history.  The most devastating hurricane was the one that struck Galveston in 1900.  It practically destroyed the entire city.  The most expensive one was Katrina.
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50% of the costs are paid by the Federal Government.\n\nMedicaid is Budgeted 12.45 billion in increase of 746 million.
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Try this website for information on the National Budget for 2000:\n\nhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy00/guide02.html\n\nSpending\nThe Federal Government will spend nearly $1.8 trillion1, and have a surplus of over $117 billion in 2000, which we divided into nine large categories.\n\nThe largest Federal program is Social Security, which will provide monthly benefits to nearly 45 million retired and disabled workers, their dependents, and survivors. It accounts for 22 percent of your Federal dollar (or 23 percent of all Federal spending). \n\nMedicare, which will provide health care coverage for over almost 40 million elderly Americans and people with disabilities, consists of Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (insurance for physician costs and other services). Since its birth in 1965, Medicare has accounted for an ever-growing share of spending. In 2000 it will comprise 11 percent of your Federal dollar (or 12 percent of all Federal spending). \n\nMedicaid, in 2000, will provide health care services to almost 34 million Americans, including the poor, people with disabilities, and senior citizens in nursing homes. Unlike Medicare, the Federal Government shares the costs of Medicaid with the States, paying between 50 and 83 percent of the total (depending on each State's requirements). Federal and State costs are growing rapidly. Medicaid accounts for six percent of your Federal dollar (also six percent of the budget). \nOther means-tested entitlements provide benefits to people and families with incomes below certain minimum levels that vary from program to program. The major means-tested entitlements are Food Stamps and food aid to Puerto Rico, Supplemental Security Income, Child Nutrition, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and veterans' pensions. This category will account for an estimated six percent of your Federal dollar (also six percent of the budget). \n\nThe remaining mandatory spending, which mainly consists of Federal retirement and insurance programs, unemployment insurance, and payments to farmers, comprises six percent of your Federal dollar (also six percent of the budget). \nNational defense discretionary spending will total an estimated $275 billion in 2000, comprising nearly 15 percent of your Federal dollar (and 16 percent of the budget). \n\nNon-defense discretionary spending-a wide array of programs that include education, training, science, technology, housing, transportation, and foreign aid-has shrunk as a share of the budget from 23 percent in 1966 to an estimated 18 percent in 2000 (or 17 percent of your Federal dollar). \n\nInterest payments, primarily the result of previous budget deficits, averaged seven percent of Federal spending in the 1960s and 1970s. But, due to the large budget deficits that began in the 1980s that share quickly doubled to 15 percent. Since the budget is now in surplus, interest payments are estimated to drop to 12 percent of the budget in 2000 (11 percent of your Federal dollar). \n\nSix percent of your Federal dollar (the budget surplus) will not be spent. The President has proposed that any surplus be reserved until a plan to save Social Security has been enacted. \n\nNational defense \nGeneral science, space, and technology  \nEnergy \nNatural resources and environment  \nAgriculture \nCommerce and housing credit  \nTransportation \nCommunity and regional development  \nEducation, training, employment, and social services   \nHealth \nMedicare \nIncome security  \nSocial security  \nVeterans benefits and services  \nAdministration of justice  \nGeneral government  \nNet interest  \nAllowances \nUndistributed offsetting receipts
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They didn't spend it. They just haven't come to an agreement on the budget for this year. There's strong disagreement between the pro-commonwealth governor and the pro-statehood legislature. They were also trying to introduce a sales tax (there's no sales tax in PR) and couldn't agree to a percentage amount. Both sides seem to have forgotten who they are working for, the people, and because of their stubbornness we find ourselves in the current situation.
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Utility rate hikes and homelessness, across the Nation, Hurricane Katrina the aftermath, FEMA corruption, Borrowing funds from Communist China and Russia, to fund the War, 21 trillion dollar deficit, Ten Years in Iraq (Reported by U.S. Military), Drilling Oil in Alaska, selling the ports to OPEC, Illegal Immigration, and the drug industry.
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Last year $42,567,987.
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when we waste anything it should be use to help people that are below poverty\nfor example,\n\nNow we find out that FEMA, the lead federal agency, wasted about $1 billion — money that could have gone to hurricane victims who really needed it.\n\nNeed me to say more?\nread link below
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Gees...another "blame it on Bush" answer.  Fact is the death toll on Katrina lies squarely on the shoulder of the state gov't of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans and it's residents.  It was their responsibility, not the federal government's, to ensure they were prepared for a natural disaster.  Those who could have left should have when they had the chance and let's not mention all the misappropriated funds by one of the most corrupt state and local governments in the history of the U.S.
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WHOAAAAAAAAAA........WAIT A MINUTE HERE...\nFOR YOUR INFORMATION KATRINA DISASTER HAPPENNED ON AUGUST OF LAST YEAR... AND EVEN IF FEMA WAS LATE AND THEY DROPPED THE BALL THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO HELP THEM.. SINCE THE DISASTER HAPPENED FEMA GAVE EVERYONE 2K TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND NEGOTIATED A PLAN WITH BANKS TO PARDON THEIR MORTGAGE FOR 6 MONHTS... AND ON DECEMBER THEY EXTENDED THEIR HELP TO FEBRUARY,, DON'T YOU THINK THAT THIS PEOPLE HAD ENOUGHT TIME TO SORT THEIR PROBLEMS OUT... ALSO THEY GAVE THEM SOMEWHERE TO LIVE LIKE HOTELS... FREE APARTMENTS, FREE HOUSING AND SORRY TO SAY IT BUT PEOPLE JUST GOT USED TO THE FREEBIES AND WON'T LIFT A FINGER TO GET BACK ON THEIR TRACKS.\nSO YES, ALL OF THAT HELP IS WEIGHTING DOWN ON THE GOVERMENT AND IS ABOUT TIME PEOPLE WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES...
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In a natural disaster the emergency services go into reaction mode.  The current system has local government taking the key role.  Every service is suppose to have a disaster plan.  When a disaster happens, a lot of agencies start moving because no one has the resources to handle a large scale disaster.\n\nAs far as the federal government, they really don't have a large role, they are mainly check writers.  They come in and ask what you need then send someone out to buy it.  Most of the actual aid will come from local, state, national guard, and near by states.\n\nAfter Katrina though this might change.  What happened in New Orleans was the local government got overwhelmed and the rest pretty much is history now, notice you didn't hear much out of Boluxi who got hit by the stronger part of the storm.  Plus some of the check writing turned out to be huge waste of money.\n\nBut your local government (City, county and state) should have a plan for any feasible disaster that might hit their area and should be practicing it.  I am a paramedic now and in our drills we will go so far as to drop trees across the roads to test how quickly we can clear them or get around them.
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Simple term: government spending.
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No, in 2004 it was $20.67 billion, which is a relatively small portion of the overall budget.  Of that money, only 12.3% went to countries for humanitarian purposes (and that is according to the government's own figures).  For more info, you can take a look at this report.  At the end there are some tables that show trends and amounts of foreign aid and what percentage of foreign aid goes to what:\nhttp://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/trade/files/98-916.pdf
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Well, they were like that way before the hurricane.  They were just trying to take advantage of the govt, when in fact we-the working taxpayers, are being taken advantage for because we pay for all this crap.  Why do you think the giant didn't wanted to help them right ways-so it clears the area a little bit from such people.
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I live in Florida so I know a little about hurricanes. 1) they are an act of nature and there is no defense against them 2) When one threatens my locale I go to a place where I will be safe and wait it out 3) Although governmental help is needed in the infrastructure each individual should be prepared to help themselves. I am aware that many people are not able to recover by themselves and need assistance, there is usually help to be had within a day or two. While I personally don't like president Bush I do ot hold him personally responsible for my well being. The agencies that are in place to provide relief have been in place far longer than he has been president. People who own their home should insure it, people who rent their homes can move, I know that this isn't a popular view but it is perhaps time that people began to take responsibility for their actions.