Do you not agree that the Port of New Orleans, indeed the Gulf Coast is not intrinsic to keeping the American economy moving?
Great Britain is very small - in terms of the size of the USA, indeed it is. However, 90,000 square miles does not seem small to me in terms of one lethal storm.
Moreover, I don't think whether a city is small medium or large should be the determining factor in rebuilding, so I perhaps miss your point. For that I apologize.
Not really, but I have no problem with low interest federal loans to help rebuild the port. This is not what the vast majority of the $200 billion is going to though so the argument is a red herring.
Great Britain is very small - in terms of the size of the USA, indeed it is. However, 90,000 square miles does not seem small to me in terms of one lethal storm.
Great Britian is very small in any terms.
Moreover, I don't think whether a city is small medium or large should be the determining factor in rebuilding, so I perhaps miss your point. For that I apologize.
The size of the area isn't important - it's the amount of real damage that is important. A storm damaging 500 square miles in the middle of Wyoming isn't going to be as big of a deal as one that damaged 50 square miles in the middle of New York City.
Regardless, the number of people affected is not relevant. The feds can assist in emergency procedures but not in wealth redistribution.