"Kevin, WB5RUE" wrote in message
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This problem in New Orleans (and MS) is not so much an indictment of the
government action and/or inaction but an indictment on the liberal "war on
poverty." The city of New Orleans has a Democrat leader, the State of
Louisiana has a Democratic governor. The war on poverty is a total
failure
in the state of Louisiana...under DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP. No? Then why are
there so many "poor" in New Orleans (70% below "poverty level)? It
certainly isn't from "Republican obstructionism" because all of the
leaders
are Democrats. It's because the "poor" are the cash cow of the Democratic
party. Democrats get their glory from counting the number of people they
are helping. Republicans get their glory from the number of people who NO
LONGER NEED THEIR HELP.

Give a man a fish (welfare check, WIC, food stamps...) and he'll eat for a
day (and come back for more tomorrow, vote for you on election day and
teach
his children the tricks of the trade).
Teach a man to fish (teach him skills, give him a meaningful job, teach
him
accountability) and he'll have food for a lifetime and teach it to his
children

No ones disagreeing with you. But still we wonder if the problem was in, say
hollywood, or some other well off part of the US you can bet your last
dollar action in rescue and help would have been a lot faster coming.
Thenagain, republican or democrat should make no difference in times like
these. I dont think the scale of the disaster was realised in the first
couple of days or if it was, it went un-reported to the top.
Back to the lower end or poverty class. A lot of these people prefer to take
the fish than to learn how to fish themselves. In a lot of cases, even in
the UK the help is there but its easier to take the fish. A man with the
desire to learn to fish can and will and would need no encoragement but
maybe a little direction. You can only show the way, you cant force people,
its un-democratic and against their human rights they will bleat at you.
I think the whole welfare system stinks. Its supposed to be there to help
those who cant help themselves not those who dont give two hoots..