Why were 106 contracts miscoded to look like they went to small local businesses?
2007-08-02 02:18:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_go_co/katrina_contracts;_ylt=AmKqNyiTwh.uXdoUzHBi75.s0NUE
2007-08-02 02:18:40 · update #1
Because those small local businesses aren't "Loyal Bushies".
And even after an investigation they set up sham small business units and gave contracts to them instead of actual local small business.
Unreal.
2007-08-02 02:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Evidently you know nothing about building. You HAVE to give the contracts to the companies that can do the work. The companies that have the proper equipment to do the work in the fastest and safest manner.
Also with the amount of damage left by Katrina, the local companies would have been overwhelmed. A lot of the local companies have to rebuild their own buildings and equipment, because their stuff was destroyed by Katrina.
As for being mis-coded. FEMA is a government agency. That should say it all. Really when you think of the thousands of contractors rebuilding N.O. that is not a bad percentage when you consider FEMA is run by government bureaucracy.
2007-08-02 09:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's just another oppertunity for them to take money out of the south, and keep the south poor. Also Ray Nagin has alot to blame. He is selling land to Trump where public housing once was. Not hard to imagine why. Did anyone see the pictures of the FEMA buses trying to get into N.O. and all the bus's in the city under water? Yep. and all those idiots re elected him. good Job retards! That is just a perfect example of a city voting for race instead of who will get the job done. If he wasnt black he would have never been reelected.
2007-08-02 09:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Katrina has required a huge reconstruction effort. The contracts have to go to companies that are capable of doing the work even though they may not be in the Gulf Coast area.
2007-08-02 09:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by The Oracle of Delphi 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
A better question would be what section of the Constitution authorizes the expenditure of federal funds on a local problem.
2007-08-02 09:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by open4one 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Maybe because 93% of gulf-coast businesses had their azzes handed to them by Katrina?
2007-08-02 09:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by vinny_says_relax 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Easy answer: When the red party is in power, the bulk of federal money goes to red states. When the blue party is in power, the bulk of federal money goes to blue states.
This is basically why the founding fathers tried their best to stop the federal government from being the savior of the nation through spending - it ends up a game of region vs. region and party vs. party.
Edit: TYPO!
2007-08-02 09:23:33 · answer #7 · answered by freedom first 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Who really cares as long as the job got done. In my opinion, it should have been New Orleans' responsibility to get the contractors and fix that crappy place up.
2007-08-02 09:20:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Remember "Heckuvaa job" Brown only served the interests of the GOP under Bush. He didn't care about those business because they didn't benefit Bush and his crooks.
2007-08-02 09:39:02 · answer #9 · answered by Kookoo Bananas 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Competence, this admin never had it and never will. The bushets will take all that they can they don't care about people just there god money.
2007-08-02 09:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by David R 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋