New Orleans – A City Abandonded by the Federal Government

If this were a disaster in a third world country we would immediately begin to see cargo planes from the United States arriving with food, water, and medical supplies. Where are the C-5A’s that should be arriving in New Orleans?

The pictures and sounds are heart wrenching. People are dying of dehydration. Families haven’t eaten in three days. Dead bodies are abandoned on the sidewalk still seated in wheelchairs. People are begging for help to anyone who will hear. And no help comes.

A few thousand people are bussed to a sports arena with cots and long toilet lines. What kind of answer is this? Human beings need a private space in which to house and nurture their family. They need lodging and hope for feeding and clothing their offspring.

What would adequately serve the purpose are abandoned military bases all over the country. House the families in empty barracks. Bring in relief workers to provide food service in the facilities that served the same purpose for the military. BRAC has been at work closing bases for decades. Let’s put them to use for the Americans who paid for them to be built.

The abandoned of New Orleans are Americans who have paid taxes all their life. At this time of crisis in their life their basis human needs are not being met. The taxpaying public fund huge legions of government workers who should be hard at work right now saving these citizens from starvation. There is nothing facing our country today that is of more immediate need. Forgot the rest of the world for the moment. Its time to save Americans.

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