Six years ago today, one of the worst tornadoes in American history struck Joplin, Missouri. Several thousand buildings were destroyed and over 9,000 people were displaced. More than 160 deaths are attributed to the tornado.
There was a tremendous outpouring from the rest of America. The tornado captured the country’s attention.
A little over a month after the tornado struck, on July 4th, Rush Limbaugh went to Joplin to offer some words of encouragement
Part of what Rush Limbaugh said was this:
“You’re going to build back. It is going to get fixed. It is going to be rebuilt. It is going to be better than it ever was. You are going to show the rest of the country how it’s done because you represent the best of what this country has to offer.”Today, Joplin has largely rebuilt. Missouri’s free market think tank, the Show-Me Institute, published a paper in April about tax-increment financing (or, TIF–it’s a government subsidy) in post-tornado Joplin.
Read more here at The Gateway Pundit
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