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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Things get built when there is an economic need for them to be built. At least that is the way the system was designed to work. In New Orleans you had failures because: City looked to state and Federal; State looked to City and Federal; Federal looked to City and State. They spend millions on the Super Dome but don't spend money on the levey. That is government failure. And you want more government? Because of the NFL the Super Dome will be ready for use before most of the destroyed homes. Why? Because the nice folks at the NFL said if you want pro football fix the Dome ASAP.
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I'll agree with this in some respect. The Superdome is going to be re-furbished before any low income housing or levy, but not because the NFL is threatening to remove pro football, but because pro football generates millions of dollars, especially in NOLA where the super bowl is a frequent lessee.
Likewise, if people built stadiums and signed TV deals to watch levees being built, they'd be built quicker and more durable than ever thought possible.
But people don't really care to watch levees being built, and it is the short sightedness of local businesses to make re-building the dome a priority.
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Are we really talking about FEMA or is this really just to bash Bush?
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How am I bashing Bush? I'm just trying to make clear what has gone wrong with FEMA. It's long been a right wing paranoia that FEMA could take over the country in the right circumstances. After the creation of homeland security, FEMA was tucked away under its umbrella with several layers of bureaucracy to null it. Then to render it completely useless, they placed a manager at the head of the agency who lied on his resume that he had been head of disaster preparedness in Oklahoma City when it turns out he was little more than a secretary who gave a political donation to the right folks in the right amount.