Do you think the government has really done their best to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina?
370096
No, there is no profit in helping people. Only a do gooder amount is spent on helping people. What a shame it is in America that we can not take care of our own.
31028
I am generally in favor of having people responsible for rebuilding by themselves through insurance or government assistance. I would caveat this by saying if the Government contributes to the rebuilding effort, they must put in some safeguards to make sure that people don't just take the money and run and leave the property un-improved.\n\nThey can certainly do what they want with private insurance money
1033635
In a natural disaster the emergency services go into reaction mode.  The current system has local government taking the key role.  Every service is suppose to have a disaster plan.  When a disaster happens, a lot of agencies start moving because no one has the resources to handle a large scale disaster.\n\nAs far as the federal government, they really don't have a large role, they are mainly check writers.  They come in and ask what you need then send someone out to buy it.  Most of the actual aid will come from local, state, national guard, and near by states.\n\nAfter Katrina though this might change.  What happened in New Orleans was the local government got overwhelmed and the rest pretty much is history now, notice you didn't hear much out of Boluxi who got hit by the stronger part of the storm.  Plus some of the check writing turned out to be huge waste of money.\n\nBut your local government (City, county and state) should have a plan for any feasible disaster that might hit their area and should be practicing it.  I am a paramedic now and in our drills we will go so far as to drop trees across the roads to test how quickly we can clear them or get around them.
156749
No.  They were given $40,000, but not from FEMA.  It came from the NFL.
314720
our government might be usefull after all
613502
yes it is true. another way our govt. is taking care of others ahead of it's own.
182718
as for the benozodiazepines and medicare part d section of this question i can not answer, but do I think the government really cares about (us) the people then the answer is a big NO.
821250
yes,definately.about time the government did more to stop it.
1096208
that there would be people in government that truly care about the average person.
1158928
i'm a survivor of Katrina's exploit, but i lost my family*sniff* while becoming a survivor my parents and sis weren't....\ni can safely say that yes some ,SOME,money mite go to bush's beer and hunting and the rest to us survivors.. *sniff*
392254
We helped Mexico City after their misfortune.  I guess they repaid the favor.\n\nIf the Mexicans had an agenda for helping Katrina victims, we shouldn't accept their help.  Cuba offered and we refused their help.
852229
help hurricane victims it will be very worth while
760724
Absolutely. When you get something for nothing, and then are told over and over again that you actually have earned it by the simple fact that you were born, it destroys your ability to take care of yourself.\n\nThere should be no free ride for any able-bodied person. We can supplement income for people in bad situations, but 1) they need to work toward actually living independently, and 2) there should be a definite short-term end to any assistance program.\n\nLook at the people hurt by the hurricanes. The people on welfare sat and waited to be rescued. They sat and waited to be placed in temporary homes. They sat and waited for someone to find them a new home and a new government check.\n\nThe people who actually had jobs and work for a living planned for the disaster, picked them selves up immediately, and got on with their lives.\n\nNeed any more proof?
95959
The war and "help" in Iraq is all for selfish purposes. IE: they have oil that we need. If the government was really that interested in helping other countries they would start with Africa where they've had genocide taking place and the numbers of people who have AIDS and are starving are astronomical. Africa though can't help us and doesn't have any commodities that our government wants. Simple as that. That being said, if the government was really all that concerned about those in need, at the very least they'd start with all of those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. It is insane that there are many, many, MANY motor homes and trailers are sitting in lots while there are people and I don't just mean a few, who are living in "tent cities" with outhouses for bathrooms that they share with hundreds of other people. Yes, this is still happening TODAY. I am not talking about what happened 6 months ago. They are being forced to suffer simply because of red tape.\n\nI know that the Iraqi people have suffered but so have many others including our fellow countrymen. The reason the Iraqi's got so lucky is that they have something we want/need. I won't even get started on the potential reprecussions of Bush letting the ports be used by Arab nations...........
1117923
It has been almost a year since Katrina hit.  There is no reason you shouldn't be working to get these things that you need.  The American people were VERY sympathetic when Katrina struck,  donating MILLIONS and MILLIONS worth of dollars and goods.  That time is up.  It's time for you "victims" to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and stop expecting the rest of the US to make it all better for you.  While I am sorry for the devistation that you and so many others suffered,  I am also very tired of working my a$$ into the ground to make ends meet just so my tax dollars can continue being spent to keep you guys up.  Get a job,  put money back and go from there.
282807
Ha Ha Ha they are collecting money back from Hurricane relief victims, over 100,000 letters were sent out from FEMA, recently REPORTED BY: The New York Times today. There were only supposed to be 100,000 displaced people from the hurricane that was Reported by the Republicans media, in the first place. So what does that mean? 100%, They are going to charge them fines and interest on the relief money. This isn't going to get alot of votes for the Republican party I wouldn't think.
218658
They maybe about as good as it gets, or needs to get.  Some models say if you had an enormous amount of information all over the world and somehow hooked it all up to computers, maybe instead of one week prediction, 3 week prediction. Notice we all watched Katrina for 2 weeks and the early prediction was it could be very sever. Several years ago a storm on the computer simulated predicted similar devastation to the area and once again funding was cut to 10%. \nDo you remember Bill Clinton canceling meetings in Europe and coming back for a #4 storm in Carolinas. FEMA waiting close to the storm and moving in? Congress criticized the amount of money. Of coarse it was very small compared to anything this administration does today. \nWhat we need is political will.