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Washington (AP) - The economic stimulus signed by President Barack Obama will spread billions of dollars across the country to spruce up aging roads and bridges. But there's not a dime specifically dedicated to fixing leftover damage from Hurricane Katrina.
And there's no outrage about it.
Democrats who routinely criticized President George W. Bush for not sending more money to the Gulf Coast appear to be giving Obama the benefit of the doubt in his first major spending initiative. Even the Gulf's fiercest advocates say they're happy with the stimulus package, and their states have enough money for now to address their needs.
Thompson and others say new funding wasn't necessary in the stimulus largely because billions of federal dollars remain bogged down in bureaucracy or tied up in planning.
CNSNews.com - No Stimulus Money Will Go Toward Katrina Recovery (http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43816 - broken link)
So what? There wasn't anything for home mortgages, either. Guess what - there's another bill for that. The stimulus isn't over, and neither is Katrina after 3 years of Bush incompetence. It'll take quite a while to fix all the GOP-created problems.
Washington (AP) - The economic stimulus signed by President Barack Obama will spread billions of dollars across the country to spruce up aging roads and bridges. But there's not a dime specifically dedicated to fixing leftover damage from Hurricane Katrina.
And there's no outrage about it.
Democrats who routinely criticized President George W. Bush for not sending more money to the Gulf Coast appear to be giving Obama the benefit of the doubt in his first major spending initiative. Even the Gulf's fiercest advocates say they're happy with the stimulus package, and their states have enough money for now to address their needs.
Thompson and others say new funding wasn't necessary in the stimulus largely because billions of federal dollars remain bogged down in bureaucracy or tied up in planning.
CNSNews.com - No Stimulus Money Will Go Toward Katrina Recovery (http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43816 - broken link)
You say there's no outrage about it - you seem to have some, or to want some - could you specify the outrage here please?
That's right. And you can thank Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, for that. He's now decided to reject billions of stimulus money to Louisiana. Instead, he plans on taxing the citizens of Louisiana. It will be interesting to see how many jobs that creates, and how it helps New Orleans.
No, it's not Governor Jindal's fault. The fault lies with the Louisiana legislature and the city of New Orleans for their vast corruption in how they spend money. Rather than dish out the money to New Orleans, the Louisiana Legislature held onto the money originally given to the state for hurricane Katrina and began to dole out the cash little by little. Very little of the cash actually made it to New Orleans and other areas effected by the storm while other states destroyed by Katrina were rebuilt in record time because of the hard work of the people living there as well as honest local and state officials. New Orleans doesn't deserve any more cash. The place is a cesspool example of socialism at it's finest and banana republic style corruption. It's so corrupt that the state prisons still has some of the NOPD locked up for murder, drug dealing, and armed robbery to name a few. You're just as likely to be a victim of the NOPD as from the local drug gangs.
That's right. And you can thank Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, for that. He's now decided to reject billions of stimulus money to Louisiana. Instead, he plans on taxing the citizens of Louisiana. It will be interesting to see how many jobs that creates, and how it helps New Orleans.
I'll tell you one job his stance will eliminate: Jindal as future president.
No, it's not Governor Jindal's fault. The fault lies with the Louisiana legislature and the city of New Orleans for their vast corruption in how they spend money. Rather than dish out the money to New Orleans, the Louisiana Legislature held onto the money originally given to the state for hurricane Katrina and began to dole out the cash little by little. Very little of the cash actually made it to New Orleans and other areas effected by the storm while other states destroyed by Katrina were rebuilt in record time because of the hard work of the people living there as well as honest local and state officials. New Orleans doesn't deserve any more cash. The place is a cesspool example of socialism at it's finest and banana republic style corruption. It's so corrupt that the state prisons still has some of the NOPD locked up for murder, drug dealing, and armed robbery to name a few. You're just as likely to be a victim of the NOPD as from the local drug gangs.
Of course it's Jindal's fault. Regardless of what has happened within LA politics in the past, the current governor is refusing federal help for the people of LA now. If New Orleans is a "cesspool," isn't it the governor's job to clean it up? The people of LA will watch people in neighboring states get help, while they are forced to carry a heavier burden of taxes and watch their quality of life further decline, and decline rapidly. All because their governor wants to politicize the stimulus bill so that he can position himself--he thinks--to leave LA and move up to bigger and better things.
I think his extreme right-wing positions, not to mention his belief in exorcism (witch doctors, anyone?) pretty much ends that fantasy.
Oh, the GOP really thinks they have a gem with Jindal. They also thought that about that lady from Alaska whose wits are about the size of Keira Knightly's ****.
Katrina was blamed for more than 1,600 deaths and $41 billion in property damage....
The federal government has devoted more than $175 billion to the region since Katrina ripped through New Orleans in 2005, and billions remain unspent.
Billions remain unspent.
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"I'm not saying there won't be a need in the future, but right now the focus is not on more money, it's on using what we have," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
I don't understand the motives of the article's author, but his tone and implication that there should be outrage are not supported by the testimony he quotes or the facts he himself presents.
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