Boston has been plagued by the "Big Dig" debacle, which ran billions over budget. We are now going to be stuck with the "Big Drain". It will also be as corrupt and over budget as anything we've ever seen. I'm hoping Bushs speech was just that. A speech. Where are all the insurance dollars?
I'd say there aren't a lot of insurance dollars. You can't buy flood insurance in a flood zone. At the very least the government should in the future charge people who live there some sort of insurance premium. If they are going to play the part of an insurance company they should at least collect premiums.
Nope. He wants to fix his image post-Katrina and he's decided he'll put us further in debt to do it. Proud Mary said his proposals were "innovative and bold," which means expensive. It's not Bush's money anyway. Why should he care about how much of it is taken from us?