Thread: 100 billion??? Let New Orleans Sink!

Check this out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/natio ... nted=print

Our nation can't afford this! Not on top of the war! We are already borrowing and putting future generations of Americans into the deep slavery of debt!

I say rebuild everything else, but let the land that is below sea level and sinking more every year go.

It is only a matter of time before NO sinks lower into the Gulf and this happens again. After this massive loss of life in NO, why would anyone want to rebuild there?

How about NOT WITH MY MONEY.

W

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050909/ap_ ... p_poll_hk1

In Poll, Most Say Abandon Flooded Areas

[quote]By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer 35 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - More than half the people in this country say the flooded areas of New Orleans lying below sea level should be abandoned and rebuilt on higher ground.

An AP-Ipsos poll found that 54 percent of Americans want the vast sections of New Orleans that were flooded by Hurricane Katrina moved to a safer location. About 80 percent of the city was flooded at the height of the disaster. The city, home to about 484,000 people, sits six feet below sea level on average.

The fate of the flood-prone areas of the city is an open question. The aid pricetag already runs tens of billions of dollars. In the days since the hurricane, House Speaker
Dennis Hastert has questioned whether the worst-flooded areas should be rebuilt.

The skepticism about restoring New Orleans below sea level comes as the public mood has darkened after one of the nation's worst natural disasters. Those most likely to say that low-lying areas of New Orleans should not be rebuilt are whites over 45 years of age and Republican women.

"There's a lot of history, but the fact remains that it remains below sea level," said Kate Rehfus, a Republican from Fort Thomas, Ky., who loves New Orleans for its blues, beignets and Cafe Du Monde coffee. "It wouldn't be the same by any means, but if it could be done, that would be best. This would never happen again."

Members of New Orleans City Council are vowing to rebuild the city â€â€

In Poll, Most Say Abandon Flooded Areas

And most Americans are against illegal immigration.

We all know what the government thinks of that.