Posted on 09/23/2005 2:48:35 PM PDT by econjack
Exactly!!
Moon Landrieu crime family is getting ready to battle the other LA crime families. Gee...like the God Father.
Why in Gods name are the taxpayers responsible to rebuild some one elses' private property?
This country is going to hell in a handbasket pretty darned quick.
NO and LA allowed their city and state to get messed up and want Uncle Sap to write them a big check.
No...not what I meant. The increased NO taxes would ONLY be used for public infrastructure, including the levees. If you lived below sea level and didn't insure your own private property, you are totally screwed...and don't come whining to me to help you pay for it.
Not only all of that, but Blanco wants us to pay for all of their local law enforcement and other personnel. She says they're out of money and so the feds have to pay.
I suppose that means you an I will be paying for those Las Vegas junkets they sent their stellar police force on. Isn't that a gas?
How about a 1 page write-off of NOLA instead?
Tin foil hat time: Maybe they didn't repair the levees because eventually they knew the Feds would pick up the tab for rebuilding the city.
Okay Tin foil hat off:
I have no problem with Federal money going for infrastructure, roads, etc., but when ditzo Blanco said she wanted Federal money to pay salaries of state and city workers, I about flipped out.
The "Pelican Commission" wasn't that some movie about crooked politicians? Seems a little strange to name something that...maybe I've got the movie name wrong.
.....use the 250 billion to build a NEW New Orleans, in a higher, drier spot *might* make more sense than puting it into a sinking hole in the ground....
THEM 2 democrat senators better worry about the black voter base that elected them and are now scattered all over the place
A lot ain't coming back
Can you say TWO GOP senators in the future
I think congress should be forced to look at all the waste pet projects and eliminate all of them to help fund. LA forgets that Florida, Mississippi and Alabama ALSO suffered losses, and now we have Texas. Who are they to expect the Fed to completely rebuild the state. They should be bearing a large portion of the rebuilding.
Insurance companies estimated of the $500 billion they insure in LA, 40-60 Billion are insured losses due to Katrina and of that 15-25 Billion is related to NO. They expect losses to exceed $125 Billion. So the Fed should be able to cut that aid off. The businesses that were uninsured shouldn't profit from all the give aways.
Why should the FED completely rebuild the corrupt State, I'd like to see RITA take a sharp turn and send NO off to sea. Surely the state has already allocated expenses funded by the FED that need to be deducted from their demands.
Then, screw it. It's not worth it just to restore LA corruption. Let it silt up and leave it be.
You are so right. Did you hear Rush talking about this today?
It's going to take a lot of hard work from fiscal conservatives all over this country to bring some sanity to the "reconstruction" effort. The ball of government spending, waste and fraud is rolling. Politicians love to spend the people's money. At this point I think only a national outcry will slow this down..
Which just goes to prove what a racist you are. (/sarcasm)
This statement can apply both ways you know. A greedy bastard is someone who lives his life oblivious to the efforts of others who make his life more livable and then abandons them in their time of need. A stupid, greedy bastard is someone who does this against his own economic best interest. New Orleans and Louisiana have contributed greatly to the economic well being of this nation. Your cost have been held down by there being a port at the mouth of the Mississippi River and your fuel cost have been held down by the hard working oil and gas platforms out in the Gulf of Mexico off of the Louisiana coast. You've taken them both for granted. Your pocketbook feels their pain but your brain hasn't figured it out yet. As for your heart, well it seems you don't possess one.
Oh, goody. Given their record over the last decade, more Republicans will spend $500 Billion instead of $250B.
I'm about to quit my job just so I don't have to donate another dime to Landrieux's folly. Then I can stand in line and demand that someone support ME...
It's one Dem, not two.
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