Bush plans $200 billion recovery bid

[serryjw]

OMG...We are going into an election year and I am sure Congress has something to say about this......
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White House officials have told Congress that the $51.8 billion approved late last week will only get the disaster relief effort through the first week of October, and senior congressional appropriations aides have told the White House they need to see the next request next week. Republicans say the next bill could top $50 billion.

Nearly 1,000 drinking water and sewer systems -- 391 in Mississippi, 606 in Louisiana and one in Alabama -- remain shut down. Repairing and rebuilding such systems could cost between $3 billion and $10 billion, much of it on the tab of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5615598.html

[cliss]

1. Hm. I think I read somewhere, "

"there is not enough money in the public treasury to clean up the environmental mess in Louisiana". But they may exhaust themselves trying, though.

I personally think it's good they're taking care of these people. They deserve it.

But there won't be any money left in the event of another hurricane. Stupid Bush spending all of our treasury in Iraq.

[PSPS]

2. Jesus Christ!

Iraq-nam, Afghani-nam, elimination of all taxes on the rich, dynasty-enabling tax codes, halliburton fraud, enron, looting of the treasury. Now another $200 billion for an avoidable catastrophe. Where is all of this money coming from? There isn't any!

[serryjw]

3. I don't know..I asked myself the same question

n/t