[Uncle Sham]

OK, Smarty-pants, why don’t YOU tell everyone on this board how much money has actually arrived in Baton Rouge or New Orleans from the Feds on behalf of the people on the street who actually need help. We are all waiting to find out. You apparently have already formed an opinion. Why not base it on FACTS?

[normy]

I base it on the fact that I have personally spoken to people working at city hall to rebuild New Orleans. One of them happens to be someone close to me. I have spoken to these people at least 3 different times in person.

Now that said the reasons they give for the government buildings not being rebuilt is local red tape and morons running the city and state governments. I don't say that lightly, literally these people rebuilding mock how incompetent everyone is in the city government. They say the attitude is 'here, you sound like you know what your doing, you do it.'

I just came from New Orleans a couple weeks ago and 'the people on the street' are not hurting anymore than they used to. There are houses being built but it appears there is a bit of social engineering going on. In other words they want wealthier people moving into New Orleans.

Are you looking for the government to hand out 50,000 to individuals whose homes were destroyed? If my house caught on fire and I didn't have fire insurance should the gov't pay me money?