[lbo-talk] what a country

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri May 8 09:46:29 PDT 2009


On May 8, 2009, at 12:00 PM, socialismorbarbarism wrote:


> <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08trailer.html>
>
> FEMA official: "“Everyone’s been offered housing up to this point
> several times. And for various reasons, they have not accepted it.'"
>
> So, the guy with the cans? See, it's his own damn fault. He *chose* to
> live that way.
>
> Is it considered tacky to point out that the trailer repossession
> program is taking place under the Obama administration? Or are we
> still supposed to blame Bush?

Another nice bit:


> Thousands of rental units have yet to be restored, and not a single
> one of 500 planned “Katrina cottages” has been completed and
> occupied. The Road Home program for single-family homeowners, which
> has cost federal taxpayers $7.9 billion, has a new contractor who is
> struggling to review a host of appeals, and workers who assist the
> homeless are finding more elderly people squatting in abandoned
> buildings.
>
> Nonetheless, FEMA wants its trailers back, even though it plans to
> scrap or sell them for a fraction of what it paid for them.
>

Can't blame Bush for this. FEMA is an executive agency.

Doug



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