tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755953.post116249666361183826..comments2024-03-08T03:12:04.069-05:00Comments on da po' blog: Katrina on Their Mindsda po' boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13639638708282388176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755953.post-1162657508713852002006-11-04T10:25:00.000-06:002006-11-04T10:25:00.000-06:00It should be a national issue. It is all of our go...It should be a national issue. It is all of our government, discovered to be a lie, the benevolent rescuer, choosing not to rescue its own.<BR/><BR/>I'm just catching up. You're on fire. A really great string of posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755953.post-1162509837359272122006-11-02T17:23:00.000-06:002006-11-02T17:23:00.000-06:00As of September, the federal government had paid $...As of September, the federal government had paid $15 billion in flood claims that, yes, they were obligated to pay. (http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2005katrina/index.shtm)<BR/><BR/>The estimated total that the feds will have to pay is $23 billion, which I am pretty sure is the extra money added to the $88 billion to make the "more than $100 billion" (sometimes $110 billion) claim.<BR/><BR/>In August, Chairman Powell said $44 billion had made it "into the hands." (See the link in the post.) He also said that 75 percent of that, which is $33 billion, went to "state and local spending." At the time, I didn't think he was including the $15 billion in flood claims that were paid. In fact, I didn't even consider that until your comment. If that were true, then as of August, only $18 billion out of $88 billion in aid unrelated to flood insurance had made it to the Gulf Coast.<BR/><BR/>That number seems small, so I have to think that Powell was not including the $15 billion in his calculations. I can think of at least one time when he did not use flood payments in his calculations. (http://dapoblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/thank-you-white-house-press-corps.html)<BR/><BR/>But, you never know.da po' boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639638708282388176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15755953.post-1162506131687950072006-11-02T16:22:00.000-06:002006-11-02T16:22:00.000-06:00Wasn't a lot of that to pay flood insurance claims...Wasn't a lot of that to pay flood insurance claims the Feds were obligated to pay?mominemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517025007146886987noreply@blogger.com