Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
Heresy! If the citizens were hired to do the work, then how would politicians funnel the rebuilding contracts to cronies and campaign donors?
And that is the BIGGEST reason why, if you are New Orleans resident, you should be pissed. This is also why the federal government should do a better job of getting the locals involved instead of bowing to preasure to "do something". The money will not go to the "people", it will be "spent for the people". That's the problem. It continues the cycle for government dependence, the problem that the citizens of New Orleans (white, black, hispanic, martian) have had for the past century.