Does anyone else think this sounds like the Ant and the Grasshopper parable? For decades they have known that the levees could not withstand a cat4 storm, and you and I have sent them hundreds of millions of dollars over the past four decades to address the problem. For the same decades, the citizens of NO turned their heads as their elected officials frittered away our money and lined their own pockets. Well, Mr. Piper is coming to town and he demands to be paid...BY THE CITIZENS OF NEW ORLEANS. Adjust your property taxes to reflect the true cost of living there. Place a hotel and restaurant tax on those who visit there to help fund it. And while you're fixing things, you may want to dump your elected officials, from the mayor on up to your state's senator. I fail to see why the rest of US should pay for something that you've already been given the money to fix.
1 posted on
09/23/2005 2:48:36 PM PDT by
econjack
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To: econjack
Mary Landrieu's going to punch you for pointing that out.
2 posted on
09/23/2005 2:49:49 PM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: econjack
Much cheaper would be to give LA back to France.
To: econjack
They need to go soak their heads in the 9th Ward.
To: econjack
I think all federal education funding should be cut to pay for this. And funding for the Nat'l Endowment for the Arts, too. And all federal farm bill funding, and federal funding for abortions--I can think of lots of ways to pay for this monstrosity.
To: econjack
Why not just round it off and make it an even zillion?
8 posted on
09/23/2005 2:55:44 PM PDT by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: econjack
Landrieu says ... "It's not a local problem. It's not a state problem. It's a national tragedy and it needs an unprecedented national response."Perfect description of the Democrat Party ...
9 posted on
09/23/2005 2:55:50 PM PDT by
catpuppy
To: econjack
Hey its starting to rain here in Houston... I have questions:
Where is my $2000 FEMA Card!?!?
Where are the Greyhound Buses to come take me out!?!?
I will take a buyout of $200,000... oh ummm okay I live in an apartment... Yeah a buyout of $150,000...
/sarcasam off
GRRRRRRRRR
10 posted on
09/23/2005 2:58:44 PM PDT by
Syntyr
(From West Houston Galleria/Memorial area! Locked and Loaded)
To: econjack
Uhm .. NO ... not just not but HELL NO. Louisiana can fix this with taxes of their own.
11 posted on
09/23/2005 2:58:44 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
((Aubrey, Tx) --- The government seems to be rewarding stupidity lately.)
To: econjack
You don't know jack about economics if you think New Orleans is capable of taxing it's citizens and tourist enough to protect itself.
To: econjack
Hey New Orleans elected officials........PROPOSE THIS!!!
14 posted on
09/23/2005 3:02:28 PM PDT by
OldFriend
(One Man With Courage Makes a Majority ~ Andrew Jackson)
To: econjack
What you said, also:
The non-federal match could be cash or services, labor or equipment.
Hello, "Who's Your Daddy?" bloated invoices.
To: econjack
They have no f'n idea how much it is going to cost. None! I felt some sympathy for them before. But now. F the greedy bastards!!! (no relation to Joe Bastardi).
18 posted on
09/23/2005 3:03:33 PM PDT by
frankjr
To: econjack
Why not just make it a Kazillion? It's just our tax money after all, and there's no limit on that.
20 posted on
09/23/2005 3:05:52 PM PDT by
Cinnamon Girl
(OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
To: econjack
Moon Landrieu crime family is getting ready to battle the other LA crime families. Gee...like the God Father.
22 posted on
09/23/2005 3:06:21 PM PDT by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: econjack
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.
23 posted on
09/23/2005 3:06:57 PM PDT by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: econjack
The equivalent of homeless squeegeemen wiping a greasy rag on your windshield and demanding for money to clean it off.
NO and LA allowed their city and state to get messed up and want Uncle Sap to write them a big check.
To: econjack
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?
26 posted on
09/23/2005 3:10:38 PM PDT by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: econjack
How about a 1 page write-off of NOLA instead?
27 posted on
09/23/2005 3:10:44 PM PDT by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: econjack
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.
28 posted on
09/23/2005 3:11:39 PM PDT by
dawn53
To: econjack
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
30 posted on
09/23/2005 3:12:22 PM PDT by
uncbob
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