[albie]

My Mother lives in a Government assisted apartment in Northern Va. There's a woman (Katrina "victim") that's been living there since Katrina rent free, drives a new Cadillac and does not work. They are, indeed, "human parasites".

[massgopguy]

In MA we call them “Gimme Girls”.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

living there since Katrina rent free

I'm betting that isn't what she's been telling FEMA, hence the Caddy.

[evets]

I need a house... and a car... and a refrigerator... and a PONY!

[Redbob]

The interesting thing is that many productive folks left NO to come to Texas immmediately after and have stayed, contributing greatly to OUR economy: artists, restaurateurs, skilled craftsmen, and ordinary people like the former welfare queen I read about a few months back who decided she just didn’t want to live like that any more.

Now she’s in college, has a job, is paying for her own apartment - and she says her family and old friends “Just don’t know what’s gotten into me!”

Yeah, the usual crop of losers seem to have settled in Hosuton, but we’ve got a bunk for ‘em in Huntsville if they get out of line. Their old “Big Easy ways” dont’ cut it around here...

[MrB]

I feel sorry for them, in a way. The poor souls are captives of a society that has imposed a slothful lifestyle on them through not requiring them to work for their food and shelter.

I know it really makes everyone mad, especially when they aren’t appreciative. It’s hard to see them as fellow humans, even.

[daku]

it would be interesting to tally the lifelong cost of 17000 welfare recipients, including multi-generational payouts

and compare that with the cost of Katrina-proof levi maintenance