Originally Posted by mike734
You are a rather shallow thinker aren't you? Maybe New York should handle the terrorism threat itself. After all the planes hit the buildings in NY. And what about Pearl Harbor? Hawaii should have gone to war with Japan!
Yes these were Federal issues because bey there attacks on the country by people of another country. New Orleanse should not be rebuilt by standards. If it is then it's the responsibility of its inhabitants. In all fairness it is an unwise decision. Intentionally placing one's self into harms way on such a level does not deserve federal attention. Now helping clean up after a hurricane hits such as with Mississippi and LA, as well as the times with florida, are warranted because it is a natural disaster. However a dike breaking and then blaming the Federal Gov't is extremely stupid when they are unrelated... 200 thousand people are in Texas within a week. It took us longer to get to Iraq and that was premeditated.
10.5 billion of tax payers money is going to an area that should have been evacuated a long time ago. It will now cost the gov't. more if they decide to rebuild then it is worth.