[MNJohnnie]

Funny how none of the Cast Iron Conservatives realize how much Fed Tax REVENUE is being lost everyday that area is devastated. Funny how often "Fiscal Conservatives" are are pennywise and pound foolish. It isn't just the 3 states, it is a whole lot of river traffic to and from the whole Midwest. Sitting on our butts doing NOTHING, as the "Fiscal Conservatives" advocate, actually GROWS the deficit because of the reductions in tax income.

[Shalom Israel]

Funny how none of the Cast Iron Conservatives realize how much Fed Tax REVENUE is being lost everyday that area is devastated.

Yup, nobody pays more taxes than a slum-dwelling poor person. Rebuild the slums! We need the money! The $200 BILLION will be repaid in no time!

[Calpernia]

BTTT!

[dts32041]

Rebuild the port I say but not the city, those parts above water leave alone, blow the levees and let the river seek its natural points, keep the channels open and move the facilities that have to be moved twenty mile or more up river, I am sure Natchez or Vicksburg would like to become ports, then the Iowa can find its true home in davenport.

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.