"Warren" wrote in message
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David Ross wrote:
In the meantime, the Los Angeles Times today reported that the Army
Corps of Engineers repeatedly asked for more funds to renovate and
strengthen the levies around New Orleans. But President Bush and
Congress repeatedly cut the funding to half or less than what the
Army requested.

That, combined with the unusually slow response from the Federal
government,

What was unusual or slow about it? Which disaster of similar magnitude ever
had a faster response?

raises a question as to whether the administration has some reason for not
wanting New Orleans to exist.

What reasons are those? Are there other cities on the "cease to exist" list?

Either that, or the administration is headed by an complete idiot.

Expecting some nefarious plot to destroy NO might require a "complete idiot"
......do you feel a special kinship with the President?

Meanwhile, while the government isn't responding appropriately

What specifically should they have done to be appropriate?

(and was quite culpable in the problems being as bad as they are),

Which problems are these? You do know that levee failure was in the new
recently built part of the flood control project?

he wants the private sector to pick-up as much of the tab as they can. I
wonder how well that'll work?

Would it be better if he refused any and all private fiscal participation?

Will the folks who benefited the most from the tax cuts be contributing
proportionally the same as the working-class folks are contributing?

What does charitable giving disaster or otherwise have to do with across the
board tax cuts?

There are poor folks emptying their savings accounts to help.

How many and who?

Which of the folks who benefited the most from the tax cuts that made this
disaster so much worse will be doing the same?
Warren H.

How did this or any tax cut make this disaster worse?.....Do Hurricanes get
power or energy from tax cuts? Since the tax cuts dropped millions of people
from the tax rolls entirely do these poor people have a special obligation
at disaster relief? Just curious Rod