Posted on 02/13/2006 11:16:17 AM PST by celejrm313
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Click image to enlarge STORIES •GAO: FEMA Overpaid for Katrina Victim Hotel Rooms•FEMA to Stop Paying for Katrina Evacuees' Hotel Privileges•Thousands of Katrina Evacuees Booted From Hotels•Katrina Evacuees Face Hotel Deadline•More Than 3,200 Still Missing After Katrina•Many on Mississippi's Coast Feeling Neglected•Congressional Panel Probes Delay in Getting Trailers to Katrina Victims•Congress Criticizes FEMA for Lack of Hurricane Housing•New Orleans Residents Angry Over Rebuilding Plans•Bush Praises Recovery in Gulf Coast•'Katrina' Students Head Back to New Orleans Colleges•New Orleans Hotel Evicts 100 Katrina Victims•Bush Administration Gives $250 Million for Hurricane Relief•Program Employs Returning Soldiers in Hurricane Relief•New Orleans Delays Katrina Home Demolition•New Gulf Institute Examines Post-Hurricane Recovery•Katrina Evacuees to See 1,500 Rent-Free Homes•Authorities Plan Interim Housing•Katrina Could Cost More Than Iraq, Afghanistan Combined NEW ORLEANS — A judge let the federal government Monday drop some 12,000 families made homeless by last year's hurricanes from a program that has been paying directly for their hotel rooms.
FEMA has promised the evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that they will still receive federal assistance that they can use toward hotel stays or fixing their ruined homes, although the agency will no longer pay for the hotels directly.
Attorneys for the evacuees tried to get U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the forthcoming money from FEMA won't be enough for reasonable living accommodations or for hotel stays.
Duval denied the request a day after the attorneys delivered the motion to his home.
"These folks are out on the streets today because the federal government, President Bush and everyone else made the decision that it's time for these families to go," said attorney Bill Quigley, an assistant dean of the Loyola University Law School, who filed the motion with civil rights attorney Tracie Washington.
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Plenty of construction jobs, doesn't take much to swing a hammer...
ooops, sorry about posting the picture information. Haven't posted in a while and forgot I had to delete that from the copy.
The eviction process should take 3 months or so, so the "evacuees" should be able to get another 3 months of hotel stay for free...
You've got to wonder exactly how long they expected the federal government to support them.
There are "Now Hiring" signs all over Austin. Remember the lady who marched on Washington last week, "They want us to take jobs as cooks and that's insulting". It's that attitude that is insulting.
Don't forget, this ruling only applies to people who didn't respond to notices, or didn't get them. Many others who did recieve and respond will continue getting these hotel costs paid. Besides these people, there are many who recieve rental assistance checks and beyond this, there are many who have been put in temp mobile homes.
What a racket.
Time to wean the babies from the government tit.
The welfare existence isn't too bad huh? Free food, housing, keep the house at 80 degrees all winter and, the big thing, lay around all day and do nothing!!
The sad part is that we are talking millions and billions of dollars in handouts just from Katrina. think about hte other 86 or so metropolitan areas of the U.S. with welfare burdens as they are. I think few people understand the scope of these programs.
Fascinating stuff!!
From the news story: "Among the [GAO] findings was that up to 900,000 of the 2.5 million applicants who received aid under FEMA's emergency cash assistance program were based on duplicate or invalid Social Security numbers, or false addresses and names."
I just want to throw this out and see what people think. How can our economy, realistically, provide support for so many non-producing people. I have read numerous posts on here that seem to say our economy is strong and the future is bright. I live in a relatively large city and see many evacuee-like non-producers. I just can't seem to understand how our economy and taxpayers can continue to support an ever-increasing burden. This Katrina thing jsut seemed to bring it to light how much even a small group of government dependents can cost.
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Everyone assumes that the gang members, welfare leeches, dope addicts, looters and freeloaders that rebelled against the evacuation order are "entitled" to coast for the rest of their lives on the backs of everyone else -- including the majority of people who did the responsible thing and followed the evac order.
Welfare of all kinds is a complete waste. Most people who take it are scum, and if they aren't, the welfare culture turns them to scum.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
I find it strange that amid all the outrage, *NOT*ONE*LIBERAL*NEWSPAPER* has collated the names of the still homeless with those who have been on welfare for several generations in Louisana. More than coincidence? You decide...
"Plenty of construction jobs, doesn't take much to swing a hammer..."
But learning spanish might take some time..........
The thing is, she said that all along the coast and into Louisiana there were "help wanted" signs everywhere!! Construction jobs and service jobs...jobs which they are willing to train you...they just need a warm body!!
Most restaurants hand you a single sheet of paper when you walk in and that is their menu...maybe 6 items. They have the food distribution, they need people to work! Most fast food places still only have the drive thru open...no sit down service. BK and Popeye's are handing out hire-on bonuses in the thousands of dollars. Work is available and they are more then willing to hire someone who has never done the work before so this crap about the government needing to help them is just that...crap! Get off your arse and get a job and start taking care of yourself!!! There is no excuse not to and that is what people around the country need to hear!
My Husband was talking to a roofer. The roofer had knocked on the door of a house that still had a blue tarp roof. Many folks were on waiting lists for all of the construction trades after the storms. He told the homeowner he could repair the tarp for him if he was still waiting on his insurance/FEMA money. Seems the money had come but the blue tarp made SUCH a nice roof they didn't find it necessary to spend the money on repairs. They had a most excellant Christmas, thanks to the taxpayers!
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