Ron Paul says tornado victims should not get federal aid

Ron Paul says tornado victims should not get federal aid

5:58 PM, Mar 5, 2012

ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, said victims of last week's severe storms and tornadoes should not receive emergency financial aid from the federal government.

"The people who live in tornado alley, just as I live in hurricane alley, they should have insurance," Paul said on the program.

Paul insisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not help out in situations like this, and that sending money and sending FEMA into disaster areas like the areas affected last week was "not efficient."

"To say that any accident that happens in the country, send in FEMA, send in the money, the government has all this money -- it is totally out of control, and it's not efficient," Paul said.

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