[WatchOutForSnakes]

The figure he cites is allocated to 5 different states and covers 3 different hurricanes. It is allocated, not spent. About half of that amount is actually allocated to Louisiana and that covers damage from both Katrina in the southeast part of the state and Rita in the southwestern part of the state. A lot of that was for emergency housing, debris pickup, emergency levee repairs, etc. That is a lot of money and it is appreciated but it gets old having to point this out time after time. As I said, Kudlow should know better. He is being disingenuous on purpose or just to lazy to research it. Anybody with internet access can google these things.

[3AngelaD]

I don’t think he was being disingenuous, rather, it was my editing and cutting of the piece. If you read the original at the link, he says, “ But that number came straight from the White House in a fact sheet subtitled, “The Federal Government Is Fulfilling Its Commitment to Help the People of the Gulf Coast Rebuild.” If there is money that has been allocated but not spent, why would that be? I take it you don’t think corruption and incompetence is the problem there. With all the money floating around, regardless of New Orleans having to share some of it with the rest of the region, why haven’t things improved?