--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/1/05 4:36:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > 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. > > > > Again the federal government did fund the project. It never intended to fund > it 100%. And when federal funding was cut by 44% it was up to the state and > local governments to make up the difference and they could have, they chose > not to. What you are proposing is the city and state refuse to take any > responsibility for their own protection and demand the federal government do it all > and if they don't we'll make you pay for the mess should one occur. That's > called blackmail. It's like a person holding a gun to his head demanding > favors.
Why was it that after 9-11 Rudy Giuliani became known as "America's Mayor"? I think it's because, first and foremost, it is the local officials who must take responsibility for disasters. And then there was Pataki on the scene as well. Certainly, Bush entered the scene and gave moral support as well as federal funds and, of course, because the attack was from the air, the federal Air Force got involved and air traffic stopped for several days...but my image is of the local and state officials taking charge and running the show. Certainly, things are NOT being run properly and, yes, it is fair and proper to assign blame. But why the apparent focus on the Feds? ------------------------ 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/
