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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: haqihana who wrote (17305)2/4/2007 11:31:36 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
"a large portion of the citizens were also at fault. Instead of making their own moves, they just waited for the government to rescue them, and did nothing to help themselves."

Is there any city in the US with as high of a welfare rate as New Orleans? There are multiple generations of families used to having someone from the government tell them what to do. They just did what came naturally.
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