Guns, Butter, and Led Zepplin

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On the subject of 'not having the money to leave in the first place':  I was out of the media loop for the first part of the Katrina disaster (I have a radio at the cottage but seldom turn it on, and no other media acess.)    When I heard that there was an evacuation order, my (naive) assumption was that the wherewithal to actually do so would be made available to all residents there.  i.e.  that the city would be commandeering all buses of any kind and providing transportation out of the city to all who showed up at a series of designated pick-up points.    Apparently this was not the case.  :blink:    If you had money, you could leave.  If you had a vehicle of your own and gas to put in it, you could leave.  But if you had niether, you were SOL, apparently.  :huh:

I really hope, before the finger-pointing exercises wind down, that someone asks some pointed questions to the Mayor of New Orleans as to why this had to be the case.
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Because those people are poor. And having them die would free up a lot of money from the social services budget.