Temporary toilets cost taxpayers $360K (food stamp line)

WAFB ^

[TigerClaws]

Hundreds of temporary toilets set up for one week at food stamp distribution sites for East Baton Rouge Parish recipients will cost taxpayers $360,214, according to records examined by the 9News I-Team. The state only had a few days to set up six locations for people in East Baton Rouge Parish to sign up for emergency food stamps after Hurricane Isaac. The program is known as DSNAP. In setting up the program, Louisiana's

[TigerClaws]

240 toilets for one week.

Food stamp recipients. According to a couple I spoke with (Obama voters) personally, for having your power out a couple hours you were given $600 in food stamps.

[Lurker]

$360,000.00 for a couple truckloads of fecal matter. Yep, that’s Government for you.

[count-your-change]

I've set up cheap toilets consisting of a five gallon plastic buckets with trash bag liner. A second five gallon bucket of lime and a scoop nearby. Use, add lime, seal the bag and when full put the lid on.
Finally burn the full buckets. Cheap and sanitary. Cost per toilet? Maybe $10 at the most.

[GeronL]

Insanity.

70% of welfare dollars never reach the “poor”, it stays in the bureaucracy.

Entirely believable

[heartwood]

Walls extra.

[count-your-change]

Walls is the easy part, circle the wagons.

[melsec]

Could have hired a few extra people for the week to quicken the lines - then no need to hire toilets. Hey but that’s non-government thinking.

Mel

[Graewoulf]

Obamnation File.

[Jack Hammer]

Nice, though, in such a personal way to be able to give back a little something to the American taxpayers who made it all possible.

[TigerClaws]

Updated

http://www.wafb.com/story/20111961/42-spent-to-distribute-ebr-food-stamps

$4 million spent to give out $12 million.