Why do Republicans claim government cannot help? Because, under Republicans, it refuses to help.

This is an example of Conservative Republican Chutzpa. From CNN:

(CNN) -- Louisiana officials are demanding that hurricane supplies the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave away be returned to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Their request comes after a CNN story Wednesday revealed that FEMA had given away $85 million in supplies that lingered on storage shelves while hurricane victims suffered without the items they needed.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Sen. Mary Landrieu demanded answers from FEMA.

"While I understand the stated need to save taxpayer money being spent storing these materials, I am concerned that there are still ongoing needs for these type of goods in my state," Landrieu wrote Chertoff, whose department includes FEMA.

She asked for Chertoff's assistance "in reviewing this situation and redistributing these goods."

The Louisiana Recovery Authority announced that it was asking the federal government to return goods "that were intended to help disaster victims in Louisiana but were marked as surplus and remain unused." iReport.com: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast

"Many of these items are believed to be household goods that could help residents moving out of FEMA trailers re-establish their homes," the agency said.

But government under the Republicans only refuses to help the average Americans like residents of New Orleans after Katrina or like homeowners facing foreclosure because the lenders sold them bad loans. They hop to it to shovel money to the wealthy in tax cuts and bail outs to failed big businesses like Bear Stearns.

For the Republicans, only the very wealthy need government support. The rest of us are just out here for the very wealthy to exploit so that they can get more wealthy.