Jack from Charlotte
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:15 PM
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Here's the Katrina bottom line even a Repuglican could understand... |
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How much was the Bush budget cut of The Army Corp of Engineers request to fix and reinforce the NO levee? $20 million? $50 million?
Bush cut it down to $5.7 million. Congress just authorized $10 ...BILLION with a B... for Katrina relief. I heard an estimate on the radio today by an economist stating the Gov't might be paying around $100 Billion when all is said and done.
Now much damage was going to be done by this storm even if the levees were fixed but the thought that maybe $20 to $50 million in repairs might have saved even $50 billion means someone made a bad deal, financially speaking.
Without even taking into consideration all the death and pain caused by that poor decision.
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Triana
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:22 PM
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1. penny-wise, pound-foolish (n/t) |
noiretextatique
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:30 PM
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4. trickle-down economics in a nutshell |
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the cost of tax cuts for the wealthy and military over-spending trickles down to the rest of us.
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SammyWinstonJack
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:26 PM
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2. Trip over a dollar to pick up a penny and end up spending waay |
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:27 PM
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3. The budget to protect the Poor and middle class is like... |
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...one giant game of Craps or Roulette to them. Or a giant LOTTO game to them.
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LibinMo
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Tue Sep-06-05 05:37 PM
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5. Think about the 9 billion dollars missing in Iraq. |
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And we couldn't afford fix the levees.
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