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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (199575)8/31/2012 7:19:59 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 543020
 
I wonder how many of these people who are bitching and grousing about inadequate levees will be voting for Republicans in November? And I also wonder how many of the levees that failed were built by private money.


As the cleanup began Friday, an old debate grew more urgent: Is it worth billions of dollars to build better levees in areas that are sparsely populated and naturally flood-prone?

Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Army Corps of Engineers has backed away from the idea of extending protection across much of south Louisiana, citing doubts about whether improved levees would work and whether the money could be better spent elsewhere.

None of that sits well with locals, who feel abandoned.

Read more: foxnews.com
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