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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t understand what’s so complicated about “act first, sort out funding later.”

That is exactly what they did, and see what happened. They brought in a good number of refugees without assessing their ongoing needs and how much it would cost to meet them. We all suffer the consequences now, and the solution you propose is to repeat the same mistake again?

Before any further rash decisions are made we need to sit down, be rational, and see what we can afford to do. Chow has made a very good point: since the Federal government is responsible for bringing in refugees, they should be ultimately responsible for bearing the cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I see that I didn't follow the chain of causality far enough back. I think you are correct in that it's a federal funding issue.

So what happens now? Do we leave these people to rot in the streets while fighting for funding or find a way to shelter them while fighting for funding?