> No, it really isn't. Not when every working person > in this country > contributes about 30 cents of *every* dollar earned > to the feds. > Those folks are awash in money, and have borrowed > incredible amounts > more. Staggering amounts of money flowing to them; > over 6.6 billion > per day, every day.
True, and the federal government seems to like passing around money to the states in return for the states having to do everything exactly the way the federal government wants. The federal government always pays for projects like this. This is simply the way it's done in this country. It would have cost billions of dollars to get the levees up to where they could have withstood this storm. The entire budget for the state of Louisiana is only about 16 billion dollars, and it's likely that health care for state employees and the poor is at least 4 billion of that. No way would any state spend that kind of money on a project of that magnitude. --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 9/1/05 6:51:57 A.M. Central > Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking > New > > Orleans was one of the three most likely > disasters in > > the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New > Orleans > > flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the > > Iraq war. > > > > > > > > Ahem, what kept the city of New Orleans and the > State of > Louisiana from > > shoring up their own levee problem? Was it > finances? Or was it > something else. If > > it was finances, the city or the state could have > easily passed a > Hotel and > > car rental tax to finance such infrastructure > changes and have > the tourist > > pay for it. Lack of federal funding is a cop out. > > No, it really isn't. Not when every working person > in this country > contributes about 30 cents of *every* dollar earned > to the feds. > Those folks are awash in money, and have borrowed > incredible amounts > more. Staggering amounts of money flowing to them; > over 6.6 billion > per day, every day. > > And now, after sending huge amounts of it overseas > to secure > additional oil resources while relentlessly cutting > funding to every > domestic program, we are once again asked to 'be > generous', 'open > our pockets', etc, etc. > > The cop out is by the feds. 100%. How much are you > planning to send > to this relief effort once old Bush and Clinton make > yet another > tired appeal for your dollars, at the behest of > young Bush? > > I've heard there were more > > logistical reasons for not building the levees to > be able to > withstand more > > than a category three hurricane. The decisions > were local, not > federal. > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
