[Fyacin]

Originally Posted by manasecret

The fact is New Orleans is able to be protected. And the cost of building a system of protection for New Orleans is a literal drop in the bucket, about $10 billion.

Am I the only one that thought this sounded weird? How is ten billion a drop in the bucket? Why does the federal government have to pay for levees in New Orleans? If you care so much about the people in New orleans, do something about it yourself, start a charity, or go help with relief or somethng, don't stand there and go "Awe shucks, the government should really go throw some money at New Orleans" Why should my tax dollars go to something like that?New Orleans should raise it's own money for the levees, and then build them, not stick out their hand and expect the government to take care of them because they decided to live there. If it's such an important port, then sure the buisnesses of that area can afford to protect their investment? This is the attitude of a socialist mindset, that it should be the governments concern to take care of people. Let the New Orleans community figure it out themselves. Now, during the fact, yes the government should help, but after the hurricanes over, it is not the government's responsibilty to rebuild for people. Sure it's a shame and all, but do you see us in the midwest crying for credit cards and trailers and billions of dollars in new housing whenever a tornado comes through?