or do they need to redevelop the area for a higher tax base.
2007-12-21 22:17:57 · 9 answers · asked by Ibredd 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
New Orleans is taking steps to ensure the city has a future. There is no reason to house generations of people in government housing. It was supposed to be a helping hand for people temporarily down on their luck. Instead it created a place where people do not look for work and expect the government to provide all their needs. These people have a chance to get out and make something of their lives. Any further help should be in the way of adult education to teach them job skills.
2007-12-22 03:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They have a responsibility to provide a safe secure environment to its populations. If the buildings have been damaged and no longer provides that environment they need to be destroyed. I can tell you the insurance companies are not going to make it affordable no matter what you do. If the buildings are damaged, they will not be insured, and new construction is going to be very expensive. To be honest New Orleans could do with a lot less welfare recipients. They had far too many.
2007-12-21 22:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no obligation but there is no way to stop it. People can move in where ever they wish. However, if the area is not friendly towards a group then they are less likely to move there.
2007-12-22 02:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welfare is for people in times of trials and need. Not a lifestyle to use an entire lifetime.
2007-12-22 05:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"redevelop the area for a higher tax base" is such a nice euphemism.
I think the quality of life needs to go up in that area, and it seems like there was a lot of poverty and problems. I don't know why you have to think of those people as "welfare recipients" and not just as people.
I think its a little shameful when a city takes advantage of a disaster to displace people who don't have the means to do much else.
The city planners probably aren't the ones without income or property. If New Orleans wants to truly become a greater city, it should make development of people as important as development of property.
2007-12-21 22:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by Trin 2 · 1⤊ 7⤋
Its a free country. People are free to move back to New Orleans if they own land there, or if they can afford to.
2007-12-22 01:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by Ricky T 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The nation is in a sorry state when it ignores the poor. It's just about fascist. Only the young, pretty and rich will live. The rest will die. Don't allow N'orleans set the NeoNazi example.
2007-12-22 10:48:27 · answer #7 · answered by ToYou,Too! 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
*No. Why should they? There's no law I know of that says a city has to support anyone.
2007-12-22 02:50:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, however they do have an obligation to protect it's citizens from criminal...
2007-12-21 22:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋