Posted on 09/15/2005 7:44:41 PM PDT by Calpernia
Located at the mouth of Mississippi River, the Port of New Orleans is America’s gateway to the global market. New Orleans has been a center for international trade since 1718.
Today, the Port of New Orleans is at the center of the world’s busiest port complex — Louisiana’s Lower Mississippi River. Its proximity to the American Midwest via a 14,500-mile inland waterway system makes New Orleans the port of choice for the movement of cargoes such as steel, grain, containers and manufactured goods.
The Port of New Orleans is the only deepwater port in the United States served by six class one railroads. This gives port users direct and economical rail service to or from anywhere in the country.
New Orleans is one of America’s leading general cargo ports. A productive and efficient private maritime industry has help produce impressive results, including the USA’s top market share for import steel, natural rubber, plywood and coffee.
In the last 10 years, the Port of New Orleans has invested more than $400 million in new state-of-the-art facilities. Improved breakbulk and container terminals feature new multipurpose cranes, expanded marshalling yards and a new roadway to handle truck traffic.
Maritime activity within the Port of New Orleans is responsible for more than 107,000 jobs, $2 billion in earnings, $13 billion in spending and $231 million in taxes statewide.
The Port of New Orleans has also been a defined area where foreign merchandise gets brought into the country without being immediately subject to the usual U.S. Customs regulations!!!
I'm sorry but you know what, all of NO wasn't a freaking slum!
Dude, corrupt politicians don't pay taxes. Hence, all of our money has been going to New Orleans all along under false pretense for their schemes.
And you missed my post one.
I agree, we have to clean it up, but how can we when give them $60billion that they(democrats) are unaccountable for?
the other thing to do is build a canal from the gulf of mexico to the pacific and set up facilities for ocean going vessels along the canal.
Never let a hurricane knock out a major port without some sort of back up.
Louisiana Officials are already being investigated for laundering, corruption, human trafficking and having business deals and lobster meals with Fidel Castro.
They are already being investigated for money laundering, business deals with Castro, HUMAN TRAFFICKING and fraud (and whatever else I don't know about).
There will be investigations into what happened with the procedures surrounding Kastrina.
What makes you think these corrupt Dems will be handed $60B blindly?
But then how are the illegals going to get across?
The fact that they've managed to convince most of America that this whole thing is the fault of the Republicans? The fact that the Republicans themselves only put up the most feeble response to it all?
ROFL!
That was funny.
>>>The fact that they've managed to convince most of America that this whole thing is the fault of the Republicans?
That is the work of the MSM. Propaganda. Thank Soros for that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320747/posts
George Soros, Media Connections - Bump List
>>>The fact that the Republicans themselves only put up the most feeble response to it all?
The situation isn't over yet.
Ummm....yes?
There is an open and on going investigation with human trafficking specifcally concerning New Orleans.
I've no idea what you are referring to Re: 1863.
You would miss navel oranges.
Why do you think some Republicans voted against the money in house? No accountability.
What about impoverished white people? Do they pay taxes?
You can't make assumptions about who did what and for what reason.
Let the investigations unfold. More of the story will make sense.
It's tax revenues because the port is down, the hotels aren't doing convention and tourist business. and a major CBD isn't functioning.
New Orleans is a whole lot more than welfare mothers, which some people seem to forget.
It's railroads, and shipping, and petrochem and industry, if not in NO proper, then right in the same area. The city of New Orleans may have lots of poor people, but Metairie, Kenner, St. Charles Parish, St. Bernard Parish, Plaquemines Parish and so on do a lot of business. A lot of people live in those parishes and work in New Orleans.
They buy stuff. They make stuff. They build stuff. They sell stuff. Or did before the storm, and will do so again.
Lots of taxes get paid. Or did. And no doubt, will do so again.
The Plantation Princesses don't!
Oh, I thought you meant morally impoverished, sorry.
So human trafficking of freed people is not a a new occurrence in that part of the country.
Just one more reason to leave the parts that flooded flooded.
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