I think it's wonderful when Americans help other Americans who are temporarily down on their luck. And I wish all the best to the Katrina evacuees. However, it's been awhile since the storm. You've had food and shelter. Some of you have new homes which you didn't have to pay for. I am still struggling to pay for mine.
If you haven't figured it out by now, you need a job. And to get a job, you need transportation. Eventually someone may ask you to pay your own utility bills. Maybe even buy your own food. THINK ABOUT IT. A wise and industrious evacuee would have had several months to get back on their feet.
Radical thought....what would happen if a grassroots campaign started up that (for just one Christmas season only) we STOPPED giving...just once...just to make a point.
Point being.....we're charitable, but only to a point.