[newgeezer]

I can't imagine why the US taxpayer should foot the bill for the rebuild of NO.

Someone show me the language in the Constitution giving Congress any authority for public charity. I find no justification for such an appropriation in the Constitution.

When any elected member of Congress has the guts to say anything like that, I'll be shocked. That horse left the barn way too long ago. Their oath to uphold the Constitution is nothing more than a farcical formality.

[RightWhale]

Even the ultra-strict constructionist Calhoun felt the FedGov ought to do some internal improvements in the vicinity of NO and the Mississippi Valley. Nobody with a leg to stand on is more ultra that Calhoun was.

[Montfort]

"Someone show me the language in the Constitution giving Congress any authority for public charity. I find no justification for such an appropriation in the Constitution.

When any elected member of Congress has the guts to say anything like that, I'll be shocked. That horse left the barn way too long ago. Their oath to uphold the Constitution is nothing more than a farcical formality."

A member of Congress said just that, but it over 150 years ago.