[cajungirl]

I have been trying to remember what monies come to the states for poor people, women and children.

The health care system here gets alot of federal money for the poor. And the Charity Hospital system is rife with corruption. Unbelievable cronyism. Some supplier of one of the state hospitals was charging like outrageous sums for toilet paper. He was a relative of a state official.

Maybe others know the funding stuff better than I. All I know is health care and a bit about education.

I heard an interesting story about Acadian Ambulance,,,it has huge contracts to transport people, to hospitals, etc. One of the nursing homes had a contract with them to transport and during the evac, they wanted to take one patient at a time. Thus making a big killing. I think to take someone to a hospital the charge is around 500 bucks.

Now guess who is a part owner. I won't say it but look it up. Acadian Ambulance.

[Torie]

About 100 billion is pumped in for special needs students from the feds, on a nationwide basis.

[Spktyr]

WIC, AFDC, Food Stamps, for starters.

[Howlin]

Every official in that state better pray that there is NOT an investigation?

Now I just heard on TV that the people in Texas are ignoring the governor's pleas not to return home?

I suppose they will go back and then whine because they have no power, wate, etc?

What is the world coming to.

[LA Woman3]

Regarding Acadian Ambulance.... http://2theadvocate.com/stories/083005/new_evac001.shtml

Richard Zuschlag, head of Acadian Ambulance, said his firm has scaled back operations around the state to help move what he said may be 2,000 patients in the New Orleans area. The process could take four to five days, he said.


Lobbyist reports filed on Blanco One group spent $1,988 for party
A Blanco political backer, [Richard Zuschlag] detailed the most spending that required the reporting of individual names.


http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theadvocate/883943721.html?did=883943721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Aug+18%2C+2005&author=MARSHA+SHULER&pub=Advocate&desc=Lobbyist+reports+filed+on+Blanco+One+group+spent+%241%2C988+for+party

[hoosiermama]

Don't forget the HUD money that has been pouring into NOLA and LA for years.