Rebuild the WTC? With whose money?

foreverfree | 9/12/01 | foreverfree

[foreverfree]

A fellow FReeper suggested (I think) that the WTC be rebuilt.

I ask, who should get the bill?

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[jwalsh07]

Its a new world, the trade center will not be rebuilt. When it came down it destabilized the whole area.

[Tribune7]

I have heard the insurance settlement will be $20 billion. I don't know if that also includes the Pentagon and aircraft, and the lost lives.

[austingirl]

It is simple. Seiza all bin Laden's assets. Seize all the arab oil fields. Then we will have all the money we need and cheap oil until we can find alternative energy sources or get nuclear plants up and running.

[IncPen]

Let Afghanistan be the 51st state, and let the loved ones of the dead have 50 acres each.

[Josiah6]

Some things mean more than money, this is one of them. It should be rebuilt as soon as possible. Even bigger!!!

I'll chip in some dough, just to show the bastards we can.

[passionfruit]

The poor people hanging out windows hundreds of feet above the ground hoping for help. Then either burning to death, or jumping to their deaths. I don't think ultra tall high rises are a good idea.

[Jalapeno]

Uh...I think...it was a joke. Did you look at the picture? Link Here

[BurkeanCyclist]

Presumably, whoever owned the thing. And their insurance company, of course.

Perhaps they can collect restitution from bin Laden and his sponsors after we kill them.

[Ceebass]

A fellow FReeper suggested (I think) that the WTC be rebuilt. I ask, who should get the bill?

I'm originally from Long Island and to me the Towers were a vision of greatness. You could never get tired of seeing them.

I'm not rich but if someone starts up a corporation to rebuild the towers, I'll buy the stock. I don't care if it makes any money.

[Teacher317]

Seiza all bin Laden's assets. Seize all the arab oil fields. Then we will have all the money we need and cheap oil until we can find alternative energy sources or get nuclear plants up and running.

Heck yes bump!

[FITZ]

Yes, I think it's all a very good idea, we can seize their oil fields, drain them dry and then give them back. They should pay for this.

[Tribune7]

Making the new building the tallest in the world would be the best memorial. Shoot for a historic benchmark, say a kilometer high.

[FITZ]

I think in the future, buildings should be smaller and things should be less centralized.

[editor-surveyor]

"Let Afghanistan be the 51st state, and let the loved ones of the dead have 50 acres each."

Have you ever seen Afganistan up close?

It would make a great place to grow Pet Rocks.

[off-roader]

It is simple. Seiza all bin Laden's assets. Seize all the arab oil fields. Then we will have all the money we need and cheap oil until we can find alternative energy sources or get nuclear plants up and running.

Isn't it interesting how the environmental zeallots have cornered our great society into such a dependance on foreign energy. Coincedence? No F**king way!

[spiker]

If Congress declares the attack to be an Act of War, the insurance companies won't have to pay any damages.

Check the fine print on your own policies.