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On Drudge: Condoleeza Rice, "KATRINA: Condoleezza Rice: 'When it's rebuilt, it should be rebuilt in a different way than it was at the time that this happened... maybe now on the heels of New Orleans' there could be an effort to 'deal with the problem of persistent poverty'..."

Hopefully by not using taxpayers money to house these people (katrina evacuees) for the rest of their lives, or increase their welfare checks.

Condie says to rebuild in "a different way", what is she specifically proposing? I wish she could see what these people are doing in a motel and a extended stay motel in the Dallas area. Yesterday our friend who is a security guard at the extended stay motel said the manager had to put the entire place in lockdown because these people are getting out of hand, illegal drugs are running rampant. (unsubstantiated)

When the government is picking up the tab using taxpayers money what should they build to house these people? Proven fact regardless of how nice a place that is built to house them it all winds up trashed and a ghetto.

I too was surprised by Sec Rice's statement. What the hell is this administration coming to? I think her "different way" will be welfare recipients living in single family homes in the suburbs rather than in current housing. If history is any indicator, the neighborhoods will never be the same. And yes, these poor traumatized people will be on the public dole for the rest of their lives.
My tagline says it all. Sing it Merle!

"Proven fact regardless of how nice a place that is built to house them it all winds up trashed and a ghetto."

As seen in recent video, 'the poor' will stand there and wait for government aid. This is what they have been taught, and they learned it well. There needs to be incentive to better one's life. I would think living in a ghetto would be incentive enough, but it is aparently not. I have always thought government handouts should be temporary help and not a livelyhood. People of working age should be working, not sitting around. This welfare state is precicely the reason Pres. Bush feels we need to allow illegal immigration: to import a new 'working class'.

I remember trying to find day labor in the days before. The typical response to a job offer was: 'No thanks, I get more from the government by not working.' LBJ's 'Great Society' taught the uneducated how NOT to work! And they've got the nerve to blame conservatives! (apologies for the long rant)