Klarinet Archive - Posting 000118.txt from 2005/09

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Katrina: the first blame
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:15:28 -0400


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From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Katrina: the first blame

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>>
>> It is not just the politicians. If you are going to assign "first
>> blame,"
>> then it must fall squarely on the shoulders of the people. They
>> continued
>> to live there even after hurricanes in the past caused problems. They
>> did
>> not insist on making safety a priority and would certainly have voted OUT
>> OF
>> OFFICE anyone who dared suggest raising taxes to improve the levees.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> [Forest Aten]
>
> http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/
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While this is certainly an interesting timeline, it does not address the
decades before when the levees might have been strengthened. My point is
that little can be accomplished by blaming the politicians who did not build
the levees stronger as it would have required tax increases and the people
probably would not have held still for that.

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