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To: Conservative Texan Mom
And now for the most important question: How much federal funding did Galveston need or receive from the federal government in order to rebuild? Less than my daily budget, I'd wager.
192 posted on 09/01/2005 3:29:47 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: inquest
(yeah, yeah, a little redundancy at #192)
197 posted on 09/01/2005 3:32:41 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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I remember reading about that. I can't recall all the details, but I don't believe the government was involved. It seems like they found soem creative ways of funding it though. This was before the day and age of entitlements. I know most of the work was done by the citizens themselves. It's a very interesting part of history. Really, lots can be learned from it in this situation. I know that they required every able bodied man to aid in clean up. They were provided with all the liquor they could drink. I imagine the stench was intolerable. And, they applied that age old rule without mercy, shoot looters on site! Very, very interesting historical study.


223 posted on 09/01/2005 4:07:48 PM PDT by Conservative Texan Mom (Happy to Homeschool)
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