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To: Calpernia
Do you mean the way the levees were 'maintained' in NO when you speak of infrastructure? If you want to pour more money down that rathole then please get out your checkbook and leave me out of it. I'm tired of paying for hookers and bass boats for NO politicos.

If you mean the port facilities, I believe they are privately owned and operated. Therefore they should have been insured and the taxpayer won't have to bear the cost of rebuilding.

The private homes should have had flood insurance which is issued by FEMA. In that case then Fed money is due. IMO, though the whole Federal flood insurance program should be shut down and transferred to the private sector.

Local roads are the responsibility of the local towns, counties and the State-not the Federal government. Interstate highways are, so Fed money is appropriate there.

If by 'infrastructure' you mean power, water, and gas lines then those companies providing those products should be responsible for the repairs.

I don't think you really have a grasp of what 'infrastructure' is, and who owns what. You just want to throw taxpayer money at the problem and hope things get done properly.

That's the way Liberal Dems work, not conservatives. Conservatives believe in and trust the free market to provide solutions to problems.

Why should my tax money go to some corporation that has plenty of its own resources?

You obviously haven't thought this one through there friend.

L

147 posted on 09/16/2005 10:27:08 AM PDT by Lurker (Reality cannot be changed by wishful thinking, good intentions, or legislation.)
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To: Lurker
You already contradicted yourself. You agreed that Federal money is due. This is FEMA disaster relief monies.
150 posted on 09/16/2005 10:31:12 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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