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Originally Posted by dda
In the years BEFORE Katrina something in the neighborhood of 2 or 3 billion dollars was sent to Louisiana to build up the levees.
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Considering it's the army corps of engineers who, on my understanding, are meant to be responsible for building and maintaining said leeves, and said institution is a federal one, one rather wonders why.
Oh yes, and then there is of course the small matter of Congress and the Presidency being controlled by the Republicans in the years leading up to Katrina. And the Governorship of Louisiana, and the greater bulk of Louisiana's congressional delegation.
But I'm sure they had no responsiblity whatsoever in directing that money or sustaing it's supply and it's all the fault of the blacks in Louisiana who spent it on mangos and moonshine.
If Louisiana is irredemably corrupt - and I've no doubt that the political descendants of Huey Long have stayed true to their roots - then
don't send them any ****ing money, let along many billions. It's a simple enough concept. Checks and balances and all that.