I am trying to see how much the United States government spend on hurricane katrina relief efforts.
I'm not sure where justagrandma got her numbers from but here is one that says $127 BILLION as of August 2007. From some of the stuff I've read, I'd be willing to bet on this number being more accurate.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:07 am
As of last May they had spent, actually spent, not promised to spend, but actual disbursement of funds, $125 million. New Orleans would have been better off if they had been a third world nation with a Tsunami.
This might explain the descrepancy
Of the $114 billion in aid, about two-thirds went for immediate relief — temporary housing, evacuations, emergency repairs — the kinds of help provided right after the storm. But much of the money devoted to long-term rebuilding remains unspent. Billions of dollars in housing aid have been delayed because Louisiana had difficulty getting what it calls its Road Home program up and running — although that money is now starting to flow. Local officials say other money — for rebuilding things such as schools, hospitals and police stations — has been hung up by excessive red tape."
I cannot find any numbers for O7. There have been a lot of promises, but not much money propotionatly has actually reached them.
I tried the dept of Homeland security, but they seem to have no intention of updating their page on how much Katrina has cost.
The article quoted below include the facts of where that money has gone with the bulk of it going not to the residents or the businesses but to the Army Corps of Engineers. The government giving money to another branch of government isn't helping the city, or rebuilding it. In fact it shouldn't even be counted as aid to NO. Unless of course you want to make believe it helped anyone down there.
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June 30th, 2009 at 6:26 am
I'm sure that it's funds went into the appropriate pockets as well as the rest of the Federal debacle's funds certainly found their intended pocket books.- one need only look at the 'trailer trash' left behind- and I use this term in its' more literal sense.
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June 30th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I'm not sure where justagrandma got her numbers from but here is one that says $127 BILLION as of August 2007. From some of the stuff I've read, I'd be willing to bet on this number being more accurate.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/08/the_big_easys_billion_dollar_b.html