[Fishtalk]

I suppose this is the best way to handle this. Trying times require trying solutions.

First thing, I wonder how they're going to give the cards ONLY to evacuees? IE....suppose I went down there and said I was an evacuee, that I lost everything.?

Not that people would do that or anything ;).

Here's my summary, this will work in 95% of the cases. I'm thinking most of those evacuees have some sort of identification. The other 5% will be waste, abused, bureaucratic errors.

Computers do amazing things. Hell I could have a program up to handle this in no time.

It'll work.

[TaxRelief]

How many times are people allowed to get back in line?

[superiorslots]

Quote: The other 5% will be waste, abused, bureaucratic errors.




A government program with only 5% waste? Your dreaming. 40-50% of these cards will be wasted.

[Jotmo]

this will work in 95% of the cases

Wow. I think that's highly optimistic. I expect 50%-60% will be lost to fraud or spent on non essentials.

No one will monitor it, or if they do, we'll never hear about it. That would be racist, you know...

[Dave S]

First thing, I wonder how they're going to give the cards ONLY to evacuees? IE....suppose I went down there and said I was an evacuee, that I lost everything.?

If you want to live in New Orleans for a day or so and march around in that filthy water and get flown all over the country, eat MREs, sleep on cots with tens of thousands of others for $2000 debit card, be my guest.