FEMA to the Rescue - With $2000 Debit Cards (from my account)

by Jim Rutter

Let's now salute the dumbest idea in wealth redistribution in our (or any) nation's history.

FEMA announced yesterday that as part of the 'massive recovery' aid program to victims of Hurricane Katrina, they were going to issue government credited debit cards to the tune of two-thousand dollars per person.  Just to, you know, help them get by.  Of course, the press-release contained the 'rational-person' terms of use for these early Xmas presents that they'd ostensibly get used for food, new clothes, transportation (what do you call those big fan-boats they use on the bayou?), and other 'necessities' that would help the victims of the worst natural disaster get back on its feet.

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Speak your mind Cuz!

Nice rant Jim! As for the cost, I predict the cost of rebuilding and resecuring New Orleans will be a nice, even trillion dollars, with another billion per month ongoing - just like Iraq. Even the @$#&ing Apollo Program can't boast that kind of mass spending!

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