[Lancey Howard]

The absence of businesses and residents stripped the city of its tax base, prompting Nagin to lay off some 3,000 "non-essential" city workers, about half of the New Orleans workforce.

LMAO!

[cajungirl]

I guess it amuses you that people who worked for a city that is no longer functioning lose their jobs.

I don't get it,,why does it amuse you that a working person loses a job?