FEMA Asks Floridians to Give Back Aid

FEMA Asks Floridians to Give Back Aid


FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - The federal government is asking more than 7,600 Floridians in 60 counties to return $30.3 million in emergency hurricane aid dispensed last year when a record four hurricanes slammed the state.

Most of the payments the Federal Emergency Management Agency wants back are because of insurance settlements reached after the government aid was doled out. By law, FEMA cannot duplicate insurance coverage, spokesman Jim Homstad said.

The measure will mostly affect St. Lucie County, which was battered by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne last year. Residents there are being asked to return $3.7 million. In Palm Beach County, FEMA is seeking nearly $3.4 million.

In a small number of cases, FEMA wants to recoup money because of processing errors or duplicate approval of funds, Homstad said.

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...give back the money? You might as well ask that they give back their Bush tax cuts.

everyone got. The one that had to be paid back in the following years filing.

Yeah. They had to pay that back, too.

before they get investigated under a potential independent commission.

...all of the money in the cash register, then eleven months later is found out and to avoid prosecution and possible jail time returns that money, does the justice system let them off? I don't think so! Throw the bastards in jail for using government funds to influence votes as an absolute minimum, but I would like to see them throw away the key as well.

It's like our country is being run by the Three Stooges, but they would have done a better job.

Moe, Larry, and Curly were idiots on purpose. Like you, I have no doubt that any
one of them could run the country better than the real life clowns we have now.