That's 34 billion before re-building a single building. I don't say no but "hell no." They need to get back to the "Crescent City" New Orleans of old- rebuild along the high ground and maybe some some dirt to make more high ground. But I don't want to spend 34 billion to build more levees when the ones they had didn't stand up to 100 mph winds which is what they got on the NOLA side of the storm.
This one puzzles me. Whose revenues are these that they want to "dedicate?" Does the federal government charge the oil company some sort of "mineral rights" fee for the crude they pump out of the Gulf?
Feds could always give the land back to the Indians, and let them deal with it.
New Orleans is a lost cause. Unless commercial enterprise wishes to come in and put the money up. The federal government has no business rebuilding New Orleans. It's just plain stupid to rebuild it. So stupid that it's exactly what the feds will do with our money.
AMEN,AMEN,AMEN, and soooooooon!!!!!!!!
It would cost a lot less than $34 billion to build a harbor there.
Why?
Why should we have to 'entice' them?
Remind me again how many $$$ NO was given to repair and enhance those same levees before the storm?
I.E. an excellent opportunity not to reconstruct:
a. structures below sea level &/or
b. Publicly owned housing
We have to bombard out Republican representatives and senators... I've written to all three twice in the past week.
Can't wait to give tax payer $$$$ to William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana
Fables of the Reconstruction......or is it Reconstruction of the Fables......
The mayors of Detroit, Washington DC, etc. must be saying "Damn! How do we get a Cat 5 hurricane to come this far north ...
Where are the enviro-nuts on destroying the New Orleans wetlands? Don't we have laws that prevent draining swamps?
Where are the environmental impact statements?
Why can a farmer who fills in a puddle in the middle of a field be fined or jailed, yet the natural wetlands, recreated by Katrina, are being destroyed without comment?
A chicken in every pot and a Boston Whaler at every doorstep. We might even see fancy new schoolbuses with bathrooms, kitchenettes and outboard motors..
A chicken in every pot and a Boston Whaler at every doorstep. We might even see fancy new schoolbuses with bathrooms, kitchenettes and outboard motors..