How the hell are we going to pay for all of this?

[AlCzervik]

How much money on the war has been spent so far that will impact what gets spent on this disaster? This is the worst case scenario imo, an already huge deficit, 5 billion a month on Iraq and how much you want to bet that the hurricane survivors will get screwed over?

[trof]

1. Crank up those printing presses, boy!

chugaduh, chugaduh, chugaduh.

[NYCGirl]

2. Those juicy tax cuts for Bush's buddies should do nicely.

But I guess that's too much to ask.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. How about Congress rescinds the tax cuts for the Greed Pigs?

That's a start.

[JHB]

4. Go to a mirror, tilt your head back, and look deeply...

...through the nose. That's how.

Thanks, George :sarcasm:

[TornadoTN]

5. Estimates range damage

In the range of $25 billion (US), but that is expected to higher.

Regardless if it goes higher and higher, rebuilding the entire city of New Orleans (excluding Gulfport, Biloxi, etc.) would not cost as much as our failed and fruitless "war of peace" in Iraq.

Food for thought.

[Mass]

6. Rather than ranting,be useful

May be it is time to ask our congresspeople to show leadership and ask for a repeal of those tax cuts to help the states and the survivors rebuilt their lives.

Should that not be the first action of a progressive community.

[merbex]

7. Think it's time to go back to the Clinton tax rate?

Restore the inheritence tax?

Close some CORPORATE loopholes?

Just off the top of my head

Oh, and uh get out of Iraq; save some $ there

[MnFats]

8. Just like in Iraq, the oil will pay for the recovery!

no costs to the rest of us at all!

[skypilot]

9. We've come a long way...

...since the days of the Marshall Plan. Sad to think that nothing on that scale will happen to help the states affected by Katrina.

[katinmn]

10. They should be planning a special session

they did it for one woman in a coma...

[AlCzervik]

11. yes they should, they should all be in DC right now and someone

someone independent better be watching the insurance companies.

[Mass]

15. They need more than the insurance companies for that.

They need the federal governement to give special fundings, and for that they need to repeal tax cuts.

[booksenkatz]

12. My preference would be that we

send the chimp and everyone in his entire crooked administration out to blow dogs for nickels until the needed funds are obtained. I want to see Rumsfilled and Kindasleazy and Crashcart down on their knees providing aid and comfort to those pooches. Send out Babs the Crone and Poopy while you're at it.

[sniffa]

13. y'know

my heart breaks every hour for the guLf coast region and i hope humanity prevaiLs, and comes to their aid (and i beLieve it wiLL.. or hope).

that being said - i'LL be fucking outraged, if dubya gets on the screen and pLeads for peopLe to donate. why the fuck do we have to constantLy pay for his mistakes, and to make up the difference the govt won't cover?

[katinmn]

16. that will piss me off, too

but I half expect it.

I think folks will balk at that, considering how costs have been rising steadily, particularly with gasoline.

[Mass]

17. I agree, but if DU is truly a progressive community, is it not an action

they could launch rather than filling threads on how to do rescue operations better than professionals who know the situation on the ground?

IN the months and years that come, there will be huge needs for this area to grow again. How is that going to be financed?

[sniffa]

20. honestLy

it's the government's job to figure it out. i understand they're incompetent, but it's stiLL their fucking job.

as a progressive community, we are going to heLp aLL we can (when we're not busy fighting over Looters) but it's not going to come cLose to a fraction of a percent what needs to be done.

[Mass]

21. I am not talking about giving money

I am talking about a campaign to get our congresspeople to do the right thing (ie get the necessary money and control mechanism to rebuild and find how to finance that - not too difficult to see-).

Would that not be more useful than whining and second-guessing what people do?

Why is it that progressive can make a movement to impeach Bush, but not one to push the governement to do the right thing here?

[AlCzervik]

22. exactly, thats a big part of why we have the nationial guard and FEMA and

so many other agencies, we can only give and do so much, the government is supposed to be spending our tax dollars on things like this, and not on faith based initiatives and illegal wars.

[Bark Bark Bark]

14. Like Bush Said

...We'll pay for it all out of the surplus!!
...
...Oh, wait.
...
...

[lpbk2713]

18. The next administration (Demo of course) will be stuck with the bills.

That is the whole BFEE strategery.

[Justitia]

19. Hello China? Wanna buy some more American securities???

Oh, that's silly! This maladministration has no plans to divert one thin dime to the folks in New Orleans. After all, they're pretty much black and vote Democratic in that city right????

:sarcasm:

Bush doesn't give 2 craps about what happens to New Orleans.