I have no sympathy whatsoever for these people from N.O.
We were poor when I was growing....many in the public housing project where I lived were poor.....bu poor then, meant the breadwinner lost his job. He was looking and ashamed to be living on assistance programs.
Not these N.O. leeches...most of them never worked in their lives, have lived off the taxpayer from birth.
When I look at them losers.
It used to be the day people were ashamed to be on welfare, today they brag about it. That along with being section 8, collecting SSI, heap, food stamps, living off the dime of the taxpayers is a way of life.
In the mean time, we fight to work, pay bills and do everything humanly possible to keep our heads above water. Ain't easy in Buffalo where there is no jobs, and taxes the highest in the country.
I live in a neighboring parish. Parts of my town were devestated. On a typical day I run into several people who've lost everything -- not the same people every day. Different ones.
For the most part, the people I encounter who've lost everything are working hard to rebuild their lives. They're not moaning and whining. They're just getting on with their lives. Some are living in tents. Many are living in their gutted homes, and many are staying with relatives. I read an article in the paper the other day about a local man whose house was totalled who is living in a lean-to made out of plywood salvaged from his house.
There are a lot of people who aren't playing the role of victim. We just aren't told about them.