--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/1/05 12:49:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If I read Judy's article right, about 80% of the budget for the > levee rebuilding/strengthening in New Orleans came from the > federal government. > > That could very well be. And I think the article may have also > said Bush cut its funding by some 46% or so. Never the less it is a > local project for the people of Louisiana and New Orleans. Levees > in New Orleans are not a federal responsibility.
Again: With projects designed to prevent or mitigate the effects of a natural disaster, it is CHEAPER FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to pay for the projects than it is to PAY FOR THE RELIEF EFFORT AND THE RECONSTRUCTION. Not to mention, in this case, having to deal with the disruption in the oil supply. Major natural disasters affect the entire country, not just the immediate areas where they happen. It is VERY MUCH IN THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST to fund such projects. This is not real complicated to understand. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
