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09-15-2006, 07:00 PM
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Over one hundred twenty thousand Katrina evacuees still live in Houston, Texas. A recent study shows ninety-eight percent are African American, three quarters earn less than $15,000 per year, almost half have no health insurance, and less than twenty percent are employed. Many could soon lose assistance from FEMA. Two organizers tell us how the community is responding. Democracy Now! | One Year On, Katrina Evacuees in Houston Face Unemployment, Lack of Health Care and Dwindling FEMA Assistance
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09-15-2006, 09:08 PM
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Points: 21,485, Level: 92 | Level up: 93%, 865 Points needed | | In addition, the crime rate in Houston has risen MARKEDLY since these criminals showed up.
Bottom line: Why are they still sitting on their lazy butts?
Several years ago, my 18-year old son walked into UPS and got a job unloading trucks. Hard work, but he was making $10 per hour, PLUS BENEFITS. The kid had better health insurance than I did! He had no specialized skills, and nothing to offer other than that he was willing to work.
...and there's the problem. These people don't want to work. | |
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09-16-2006, 12:03 PM
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Points: 25,380, Level: 96 | Level up: 97%, 970 Points needed | | This is the result of the failed liberal welfare state created in New Orleans. I bet they have enough money for cigarettes and wine. | |
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09-16-2006, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jefferson  In addition, the crime rate in Houston has risen MARKEDLY since these criminals showed up.
Bottom line: Why are they still sitting on their lazy butts?
Several years ago, my 18-year old son walked into UPS and got a job unloading trucks. Hard work, but he was making $10 per hour, PLUS BENEFITS. The kid had better health insurance than I did! He had no specialized skills, and nothing to offer other than that he was willing to work.
...and there's the problem. These people don't want to work. | Yeah... they want everything handed to them on a silver pladder. Then, when they don't get that, they want to cry ' fowl' at the government. 
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09-16-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jefferson In addition, the crime rate in Houston has risen MARKEDLY since these criminals showed up.
Bottom line: Why are they still sitting on their lazy butts?
Several years ago, my 18-year old son walked into UPS and got a job unloading trucks. Hard work, but he was making $10 per hour, PLUS BENEFITS. The kid had better health insurance than I did! He had no specialized skills, and nothing to offer other than that he was willing to work.
...and there's the problem. These people don't want to work. | What source of information are you looking at that is telling you that evacuees don't want to work? | |
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09-16-2006, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by alias This is the result of the failed liberal welfare state created in New Orleans. I bet they have enough money for cigarettes and wine. | Actually, this is the result of a hurricane, and failed preparedness for it. Had the levees been built to withstand the strongest hurricane, New Orleans would not have flooded and we would not have evacuees in other cities for so long. | |
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09-16-2006, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisg967 What source of information are you looking at that is telling you that evacuees don't want to work? | The source of information that says the AREN'T working!
A minimum wage job is far better than no job at all - for a LOT of reasons.
Look at ANY newspaper in ANY city, and there will be PAGES FILLED WITH "HELP WANTED" CLASSIFIEDS. Employers are desparate for good workers.
Why aren't these un-employed people getting jobs? The jobs ARE available!
I think we know the answer to the question, but we just don't want to admit it. | |
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09-16-2006, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisg967 Actually, this is the result of a hurricane, and failed preparedness for it. Had the levees been built to withstand the strongest hurricane, New Orleans would not have flooded and we would not have evacuees in other cities for so long. | No, actually this is the result of a "welfare mindset" that has taken a HUGE toll on the minds and souls of MILLIONS of Americans. | |
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09-16-2006, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisg967 Actually, this is the result of a hurricane, and failed preparedness for it. Had the levees been built to withstand the strongest hurricane, New Orleans would not have flooded and we would not have evacuees in other cities for so long. | That's a different topic. The people who were evacuated are the problem. They had no job skills in New Orleans before the flood and now they are Houston's problem to take care of. The liberal welfare state in full bloom. | |
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09-17-2006, 06:44 PM
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Level up: 39%, 141 Points needed | | alias and Jefferson, are you saying that the unemployed evacuees were also unemployed before the hurricaine? | |
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