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enhanced_deficit
09-02-2017, 08:55 AM
Major financial/military rescue efforts underway following Harvey's impact on Texas.
On a side note, dark image of Trump in this photo probably was due to bad lighting conditions and not photo edited by media.

Donald Trump asks for £7.9 billion down payment on Hurricane Harvey aid (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/02/donald-trump-asks-79-billion-payment-hurricane-harvey-aid/)

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Donald Trump walks in front of a map of Houston during a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts Credit: Carlos Baria/Reuters



Associated Press

2 September 2017

President Donald Trump has sent Congress an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.
The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.
Republican leaders are already making plans to use the aid package, certain to be overwhelmingly popular, to win speedy approval of a contentious increase in the federal borrowing limit.





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Giant Amphibious Vehicles the Marines Sent to Texas


US military sends warships, aircraft to Texas

By Zachary Cohen, Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne, CNN
Thu August 31, 2017

Washington (CNN)With floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey swallowing entire Texas cities, the US military is mobilizing its resources from states across the country to help local law enforcement and civilian volunteers in the rescue effort.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has activated the entire Texas National Guard, which is made up of roughly 12,000 troops.
State, local and military rescue units have plucked thousands of stranded residents from the water and deluged homes.

Navy and Air Force

Two US Navy warships, the USS Kearsarge and the USS Oak Hill, are being deployed to Texas, the Navy announced Wednesday.
The Kearsarge, an amphibious assault ship, was in the Atlantic Ocean for training, but returned to Norfolk on Tuesday to load up with disaster relief supplies like water and food, and a unit of Marines, before departing for Texas on Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/30/politics/texas-harvey-flooding-military-response/index.html

acptulsa
09-02-2017, 09:07 AM
The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.

Oh, well. Thank God Harvey was able to rescue FEMA!

enhanced_deficit
09-02-2017, 09:10 AM
Actually there are some ground breaking studies just out:

A $1000 per month cash handout would grow the economy by $2.5 trillion, new study says (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/1000-per-month-cash-handout-would-grow-the-economy-by-2-point-5-trillion.html)
Aug 31, 2017