Comments on: Stepping Up To The Plate

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By: don

don — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:32:10 +0000

Andy just commented on how much money one might have saved with monthly expenses being paid by the government – is there anything more that need be said in a community of people like this who rent rv spaces by the day-week-month? Hard to imagine how your average rv’er wouldn’t have thousands of dollars in the bank!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:03 +0000

I agree with you 100 percent. Unfortunately this is only the tip of the huge entitlement mentality growing in this country. As has been noted by others in the past, when the lazy and shiftless become both the majority and figure out that they can vote in those who will pander to their needs, the end cannot be far behind. I think I can see it on the horizon now.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:18:02 +0000

Nick, just incase your curious, there are still 1,399 people in Katrina/Rita housing and 515 in Ike/Gustave housing in louisiana. I am sure you have heard the latest, the goverment is now donating the units to those still living in one of the 2 group parks left in the state and are even helping to pay to move and setup the donated units. They are also selling the units to applicants who did not qualify for a donation for $5. I do not know about you but if I lived rent free and did not have to pay utilities for well over 4 years I would have quite a bit of money saved up. Just like those you mention in the midwest, those of us in SW Louisiana have steped up and taken care of ourselves and each other as we were completly forgotten about in the debacale of NOLA. Just thought you would like to see some stats that went along with your blog today.

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:40 +0000

Nick, New Orleans is so corrupt, from bottom to top. Washington didn’t send money for the recovery because they knew where it would end up. Sadly, it was poor performance by the contractors, even poorer performance by the COE which was supposedly watching the chicken coop. (The design was correct. No one checked to make sure that it was done the correct way.)

The really sad thing is that after they give each family the thousands that they’ll apparently get, most will end up without it in about a year or two. They’ll drink it, gamble it or squander it away. People who have never had much money do not know how to manage a pot of money when it comes their way!

Gene

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:54:18 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more Nick. However it’s not that they have no work ethic it’s that they have no desire to work. They just want a free ride at someone elses expense.For those that did move to other areas like Texas all they did was continue there same old life style only now at the expense of Texas tax payers.One last thing if you live in a hole such as New Orleans you have to expect that it just might fill up with water sometime.

By: Deb Peters

Deb Peters — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:29:22 +0000

Hello Bad Nick,
As usual, I agree with you. Folks need to get off their asses and rebuild, and do whatever it takes. We’ve seen countless examples of people overcoming disasters like this. But it takes money, something these districts or even the state does not have. I agree, though, that in the absence of gov’t help New Orleans could have stepped up but they haven’t. Being welfare rats, I think they just don’t know how.
What I found appalling at the time was the Bush admin’s 950 million dollar in aid to the Tsunami victims in 2005 while ignoring the Katrina situation, still ongoing at that time. NOW, though, as you have probably read, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) has agreed to sell her vote to pass the health care debate bill for a cool $100 million for her state….she essentially extorted money from the gov’t. Looks like they’ll get their bailout after all.

By: Jim@HiTek

Jim@HiTek — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:26:11 +0000

One thing I’m sure of is that New Orleans is built on ground that is sinking. Couple that with the fact that the oceans are expanding leads to the inescapable conclusion that New Orleans should be abandoned.

Like has happened with thousands of other cities over the millennium, if the environment changes sufficiently to cause recurrent problems with successful living somewhere, MOVE ON!

Let’s stop supporting this icon of futility.

By: george sharrer

george sharrer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:49:30 +0000

Welfare or any government aid should have limits.

By: Jim Landreth

Jim Landreth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:50 +0000

While I agree that it is time for people to get off of their behinds and make a life for themselves but the comparison of the midwest floods to the Katrina disaster is unjustified. The major contributing factor to the property losses with Katrina was brought about be the incompetence of the federal government and the maintenance of the dikes. If the taxpayers refuse to step forward and demand that our agencies perform, then we are responsible to pay the bill for their incompetence be it the Corp, FAA VA or any of the many federal agencies, few of which provide the services they are payed top dollar to do.
The other issue is that many of these individuals do not possess the background to really help themselves. In most cases this is not the fault of the individual but a lack of family support. In order to address this, we as contributing taxpayers must provide the opportunity for them to become contributing members of society. If we choose to ignore them, welfare becomes a growing cancer which will weaken the entire country. Wake up folks education is a cheap investment.