so that, in a disaster they can help each other and have the skill to rebuild insted of sitting around for TWO YEARS as they have in the case of Katrina in New Orleans, and beg and complain about how they CAN't get help.
Especially when the FACT is, they just want everyone else to do their work for them, rather than invest some effort toward resolving their OWN problems.
LAZY? or just incompentent welfare no-goods?
2007-08-30 11:57:49 · 37 answers · asked by Philip H 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
if you have your insurance settlement and dont rebuild because you think Uncle Sammy will pony up a grant for the 'road home" then you are as much a welfare slacker as some project housing slurb that waits for their check every month...and New Orleans is full of them...that Dem mayor and Gov let them sink or float in the days after the storm while they tried to figure out how to ask for help that was forbidden BY LAW from coming in until they asked...the Gov of Miss where the storm actually hit had help ON THE GROUND in 24 hours...hmmmmmm
2007-08-30 12:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are way too many welfare cases. There are too many lazy persons. There are too many who want the Government to solve all their problems (look at how many Y! persons want free medical care!)
My point in the New Orleans case is twofold:
1) How many times has New Orleans been inundated due to a hurricane, or the Mississippi River flooding?
2) When people living upriver along the Mississippi River had their towns flooded, the Feds bulldozed their towns and told them to move elsewhere. That was the extent of the help given those townpeople.
So, obviously, New Orleans SHOULD BE CLOSED and the people move some place else less prone to flooding.
Case closed.
2007-08-30 12:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
New Orleans is the greatest shining example of what happens when you get a Democrat Mayor, Democrat majority in th the state legislature and a Democrat Governor continuing their mantra of how it's supposed to be someone else fixing the problems their policies caused. Listen to the things they all say. They keep telling people about how they have all the answers, but the only result of all of their rhetoric is a great big nothing leading to more questions about where they put all of the money.
2007-08-30 16:17:52 · answer #3 · answered by Al S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you rebuild your house if were torn away? Probably not. Probably sounded better floating around in the hollow of your head huh. I am not a Katrina victim so I have nothing lost or gained by your comment. I agree that some of those people did and still are taking advantage of the situation. But for the most part, most of them got the money that was needed to reestablish somewhere else.
Bye the way Carma is a son of bit*h, I hope like hell you are never in a situation to where some other simple minded person will be saying the same about you.....
2007-08-30 12:09:45 · answer #4 · answered by sisinlovewithyou 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Everyone should be productive, hard working and responsible but not everyone is. I would like to see how YOU react in a disaster and see if you being a "productive, hard working and responsible" citizen would be able to bounce back from such a devasting and difficult moment. THEY LOST EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! Try to be more empathetic and understanding because you never know when a day will come where you need the assistance and reliance of others, including the government!!
Stop being so judgemental, and as the old saying goes . . . "Never judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes"!
2007-08-30 12:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by gouda1988 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sir, yes every American should be productive and learn to be responsible for themselves and others, but from what is taught in our schools, they failed to teach that. In this nation they learned to be greedy, from the top, down. First there has to be jobs and wages people can live on and not just for, our leaders. A man can not do with ,what he don't have, and like in the south after Katrina, many Insurance Co.s did not want to pay up. Well we know the government is not going to protect anyone and if you think they are, thank again
2007-08-30 12:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
oh so
1. you live in New Orleans right ???
2. you have helped by volunteering right???
3. you have been defrauded by your insurance company right???
4. you have been mislead by your government both state and federal ???(ok we can all answer yes to that)
If you cant answer yes to questions 1-3 then your regurgitating bullsh!t and the people that really need the help are worse off because of it
of course there are people that are taking advantage of the situation as there are in most everything else in the worldbut that doesnt mean that there are not people that are not truely in need of help now does it ??
but thank you, your opinion is duly noted :)
2007-08-31 06:45:37 · answer #7 · answered by nimisisprime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand your frustration, but remember, the constitution provides for life (we won't take it from you), liberty(you can be who you want to be within reason) and the PURSUIT of happiness.
It says nothing about happiness. You don't have to be productive, hardworking or responsible. Our government has created a state where we are dependent on it.
My mom was on welfare growning up, and to get off of welfare, she would have had to make 30k a year with amazing benefits to break even. The problem is the system, don't blame the people who make a living off of it. I don't know of one person who holds their head up high and says " I am completely dependent upon the goverment for everything." It is not as glamorous as it seems.
2007-08-30 12:09:13 · answer #8 · answered by Sean H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Utopia in any form doesn't work. Your vision of how things SHOULD be sounds great but isn't going to happen. By the way do you know how many people exactly are on welfare, where the welfare money comes from, really, and what percentage of the welfare recipients are on welfare because of laziness? I think you would be surprised that the number would be extremely low.
2007-08-30 12:07:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
well this situation is very different. see, these people have to start from zero. what can you do with nothing? absolutely nothing. when the hurricane passed and destroyed every thing they owned, these people are now homeless with no type of primary supply whatsoever. it's like when you fall in a really big hole, you need someone to give you a hand in order to get out. you're stuck so you can't even get up by yourself. well, these people are in a hole right now and they need help to get out. then, they may be able to start fresh. right now, they have no house, no money, and they still have to feed and dress their children and themselves. just like you need some type of money to start a business, these people needs some type of primary supply in order to restart their lives.
I wouldn't call them lazy, but powerless.
2007-08-30 16:54:21 · answer #10 · answered by lizie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋