90Xjay said:
One things for sure Sparky, the working man(woman too) who payes the taxes are going to get stuck with the bill. That is you and me.
Remember the government has no money unless it takes it from you and me first.
They will now come up with a new disabiliy call Hurricane Katrina Stress Disorder, once you get diognosed, you get a check for life.
Out of the many thousands who now have no jobs, (don't know if they had jobs before) who are able to work, should be put to work, on a payroll, cleaning up the place as soon as possible.
If you are being housed in a shelter and getting meals and bedding, you should be made work doing something. Of course considerations would have to be made. Those who lived there, should play a large roll in the clean up. That is after they stop looting, raping, killing cops and stealing cars off of dealership lots.....
90XJ: I generally don't get personal, but I find your comments, quite honestly, pathetic. Sparky: You say this has nothing to do with race...
I find it hard to believe that 90XJ's comments about the "working man" (wink wink) and the "they" vs. "we" would be so laced if the crowd of 50,000 stranded people were not predominantly black.
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likely no more than a few hundred thugs is no reason for this country to leave 50,000 to die of lack of food, water, shelter, and basic medical supplies for 4 days after a predictable outcome of a storm with plenty of advance warnding. Also, j
ust because they are poor or elderly or black, doesn't automatically mean they don't pay their share of taxes and are all complicit in stealing cars off dealership lots or looting TV's.
The federal response to this, a predicted and darn near obvious disaster, for which we had 4 days advance warning is simply inexcusable. Michael Brown, FEMA director, says they were prepared and acting, but "the flood waters hampered our plan". Excuse me, but what were they planning for? Maybe he was accidentally reading the wrong chapter in the disaster preparedness book.
Really. :roll:
90XJ: I don't intend to get personal nor do I hold a grudge with you...you have a right to your opinions. I just hope you might recognize how self-righteous and
borderline racist your comments and their implications appear.