WHAT is the hold up?
My husband has worked for TEXAS, as a Georgia Fire Fighter, twice since June, and once, when Hurricane Ike hit,
and it is now October 1, 2008 and we are YET to see the money from JUNE that has to come from FEMA! Well, the state says FEMA is the hold up, because your agency has not given them the money, to distribute….well, thanks FEMA…my husband and I get nothing while you HOLD the money….well, how about we hold our taxes next year….would that be acceptable/?…NO WAY! You’d have an IRS person on our heads in a minute’s notice….then, why don’t we have the same power….because THESE men are just the expendible, working poor, firefighters making a pitiful amount, and when THESE men are good enough to risk their lives, YET AGAIN….for federal emergencies, YOU can’t seem to come up with the money! Well, I hope you people are enjoying holdng OUR money….while we cancel things for our children that they need, and we eat pinto beans, and rice….Does that bring you pleasure? If not, then, get the ball rolling….and GET THESE MEN PAID…what if YOU had to wait 3-4 months on YOUR pay check? Would you still go to YOUR job? I think NOT!
Joan Brunson
Rome, GA
10-1-08
PS: Our part of this paycheck is minute, compared to the overall figure that is owed to the state of Georgia by FEMA! I believe the total is $1.2 million….so FEMA….where is OUR tax dollars? Did you spend them all like the Federal government spent all the medicare money that the elderly TRUSTED them with, so that when they got old, they could eat! Hurry up and get over your greed FEMA, and feed the poor, YOUR OWN WORKING TAXPAYERS!
Update:
“He finally got paid in April 2009″
- Joan Brunson