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AP: $40B La. Protection Plan Sparks Debate---
Honestly, why should anyone from Louisiana be allowed to dictate where our money goes? They didn't shore up the levees or build better protections with money they have been given before.
Seriously, this is Louisiana's responsibility, not ours'. They didn't take it seriously in the past. Why should we trust them to do so in the future?
WASHINGTON - A $40 billion plan to hurricane-proof the Louisiana coast has ignited a battle over how best to prevent a repeat of this year's double flooding of New Orleans.By all means, we should entrust Louisiana officials lots and lots of money, since they did such a bang up job before!
Endorsed by the state's congressional delegation, the proposal would create a nine-member independent commission that would give Louisiana a large say in how the federal money is spent.
The huge sums involved and the measure's plan to waive federal environmental laws underscore the dramatic steps that Louisiana lawmakers say is needed to help the state recover from one of the country's worst natural disasters.
The commission — with at least five members from Louisiana — would have final say over Army Corps of Engineers projects to protect New Orleans from the most potent type of hurricanes, known as Category 5, and to restore the coastline, control flooding and improve navigation.
Honestly, why should anyone from Louisiana be allowed to dictate where our money goes? They didn't shore up the levees or build better protections with money they have been given before.
Seriously, this is Louisiana's responsibility, not ours'. They didn't take it seriously in the past. Why should we trust them to do so in the future?
posted by Lady Jane | 6:35 PM
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