Bush is Bush he is a tool and he is a free thinker and he is used and he is what he is, do you really want his job, I hate bush and i see what bush is and i don’t want his job, do you:?:

But i do feel for him the job is hellish with no thank you after its done, do you want his job:?:
You should thank god you have bush to love and to hate.:oops:

We simply have little or no choice to rebuild the effected areas. We can’t leave the areas devastated as they are. The simple economics of it say that we either have to spend money now to fix the problems, or we have the problems continue. Which do you think the average US taxpayer would find more palatable: $3.50 a gallon gas, (oil refining is messed up and with no highways how are they going to get it fixed?) $4 a lb ground beef, $3.50 a gallon milk, $2.50 a lb rice, $1.00 a lb sugar, A number of types of fish either unavailable or prohibitively priced, or an increased deficit? This is like the old WPA programs under the FDR administration. People needed work, food and a place to sleep. Towns, cities, counties, and states needed roads, buildings, bridges etc etc. Right now there are millions of displaced persons in the effected areas, many of whom do not have gainful employment any longer. I have seen comments from people complaining that we will be making it better than it was before the store. Is there any option to making it better? Make it the same and do it over next time a storm hits? make it worse than it was and do it over after the next storm again? Don’t rebuild it at all and potentially leave millions out in the cold? And drive consumer prices to new heights on certain commodities grown primarily in the area? Obviously the only answer is to rebuild it better and not have to do it over. Look I hate to spend money on social programs because they normally do not yield any significant returns. In this situation, any change is for the positive. Just put controls into place to insure solid accountability. No Louisiana politicians near a single dime. If the money is being used to create/ restore buildings, it will be going into the pockets of people who are currently on UIC or other government assistance program. Which makes more sense, give an unemployed worker a government check or give them a job with the ability to earn more than the government check AND pay taxes on that pay? This whole reconstruction, if done right, could seriously boost the economy. It needs to not be looked at as money spent but rather money invested. I’m not saying give the LA congressmen that ridiculous $250 billion pork laden request, but rather appoint someone to oversee reconstruction of the effected areas. Sort of a general contractor with a staff and spend the money judiciously to get things done that will rebuild the infrastructure and create economic opportunity in the process. The Army Corps of Engineers estimated that it would take about 40% of the $40 billion that the LA politicians asked for to rebuild the levees around New Orleans to withstand a category 5 storm. That fact alone is grounds to insure that the local politicians have virtually no control over the reconstruction money.

When ti comes down to it, we have to rebuild the infrastructure. Not only is it the law, it’s the right thing to do. Think putting the evacuee kids through school is expensive, how expensive would the alternative be? Besides we were going to have to pay for them to go to school anyway. Just now they have the chance to go to one we’re the teacher isn’t going to say “Ya’ll take yer seats now.”

As for the $5,000 for all of the heads of households, I think that should be a loan and repaid out of the persons taxe returns over the next how many ever years. $5,000 is really a drop in the bucket if you’ve lost your house, your car, and all of your belongings. It will allow them a chance to get back on their feet. Once again, I would recommend that the money be accounted for and anyone using it in strips clubs, bars, luxury items stores, etc, etc lose their remaining balance. perhaps the cards could be only good at certain stores say Target, Penney’s, Sears, etc etc. And issue a second card that’s only good at grocery stores like the foodstamp cards here in Arizona. The foodstamps are issued as credits on a debit type card and the card is ONLY good on food items. You could have $1000 worth of credit on it and still not be able to buy a six pack of beer. As for the $5000 amount, I had an enlisted man who married a woman with 4 kids and she was collecting over $1600 a month in welfare checks plus food stamps and this was back in 1986. Which makes more sense? Give someone who will work a hand up in getting back on their feet, or leave them dependent on the Government until such time as they are able to save enough to buy the clothes they need for that interview, and help them get an apartment or leave them in a shelter? There is really only ONE option.