Quote (Black XistenZ @ Feb 3 2019 02:34pm)
there surely is some level of hypocrisy and perhaps also racism involved, but the comparison between texas and puerto rico is not aaaas straightforward as it seems either. a lot of the infrastructure in puerto rico was mismanaged and in a really pitiful state, and when the hurricane hit the already weakened infrastructure, it compounded the damage. the puerto ricans are not responsible for being hit by a hurricance, but they bear at least some responsibility for the extent of the damages that the hurricane caused them.
maybe a flawed comparison, but if you poll people if they support their healthcare insurance covering the surgery and rehab costs of a car crash victim, it will also make a difference if you tell them that the guy was hit by a wrong-way driver, or if you tell them that he himself was driving 150mph and lost control of his car. support for helping the first guy would surely poll higher than support for the second guy.
if you're going to point at mismanagement in puerto rico as a reason to rationalize denying them relief funding would you make the same assessment of houston where the flooding was made significantly worse as a result of failure to implement and follow proper zoning laws?