[Iowa Granny]

There is much criticism of the Bush Speech here, because at first nobody knew how all of this reconstruction would be paid for.

Now that it's coming out that existing budget items must be cut to pay for the reconstruction, people are beginning to howl about the generosity because they fear their pet projects will be cut.

[Peach]

I'm not sure how I feel about all the spending yet. We certainly need to put a lot of money into helping the Gulf coast recover from this catastrophe. My main concern is that the money doesn't go into the politician's pockets.

Also, with so many gentrification projects, the poor people get moved out and can't afford the area. We aren't going to rebuild slums naturally, so it will be interesting to see what happens.