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To: wagglebee

I thought all the people left in N.O. were too poor to get out by themselves. Given that the per-capita in N.O. is even lower than the nation at large, chances are that the combined income taxes paid by all of them is zero.


25 posted on 09/03/2005 11:16:47 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. - Patrick Henry)
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To: thoughtomator

Was Fats Domino "too poor"? How about Alex Chilton?

Some people just stayed behind at their homes because they WANTED to.


33 posted on 09/03/2005 11:19:21 AM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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