Political FAILS Of The Week: NO LOVE For Haiti And Crazy Republicans

It’s been a crazy week in the political arena. From the United States not sending any aid to Haiti nine months after the earthquake to Republican New York Gubernatorial candidate, Carl Paladino, almost getting into a fist fight with a reporter.There were many things to discuss, so let’s take a look at some of the FAILS of the week.

When the earthquake hit Haiti nine months ago the world watched day after day as more and more stories came out about people being rescued, saved, reunited, dying in the streets and every other story imaginable.

The world dug deep to give what they could to the stricken country, but what we didn’t count is the red tape bureaucracy that holds up and stops many thing from happening in our government.Nine months after the earthquake more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has arrived. The money was pledged by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in March for use this year in rebuilding.

The U.S. has already spent more than $1.1 billion on post-quake relief, but without long-term funds, the reconstruction of the wrecked capital cannot begin. One senator has held up a key authorization bill because of a $5 million provision he says will be wasteful. Wasteful? Are they serious? What’s wastful about helping people who need it? FAIL but we can’t continue to drag our feet when people need our help. The lack of funds has all but halted reconstruction work by CHF International, the primary U.S.-funded group assigned to remove rubble and build temporary shelters.