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Nearly six years have passed since Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans in misery, but many residents haven't forgiven the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its sluggish response to the storm. Now another delayed reaction by FEMA – a stop-and-start push to recoup millions of dollars in disaster aid – is reminding storm victims why they often cursed the agency's name.
As a new hurricane season begins Wednesday, FEMA is working to determine how much money it overpaid or mistakenly awarded to victims of the destructive 2005 hurricane season. The agency is reviewing more than $600 million given to roughly 154,000 victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and is poised to demand that some return money.
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It's like the Red Cross......Give them a buck and the victims get 20 cents. (I don't fucking know! geez) I would rather give Henry up the street 10.00 bucks to castrate his bull.
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(06-01-2011, 06:06 PM)Duchess Wrote:
The agency is reviewing more than $600 million given to roughly 154,000 victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and is poised to demand that some return money.
On average, that's less than 4 Grand per person.
I know folks who don't work, don't pay taxes, are on multiple forms of assistance and get more than that in tax refunds (via credits).
No wonder Obama wants to increase taxes on the "fortunate" . . . FEMA's hurtin'.
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(06-01-2011, 07:38 PM)BlueTiki Wrote: I know folks who don't work, don't pay taxes, are on multiple forms of assistance and get more than that in tax refunds (via credits).
What the hell is up with THAT? They get a refund yet they don't work. Seriously, this kind of shit makes my head want to explode. I just can't stand it.
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Trust me. I feel your pain.
And I think it fucking sucks that "the powers that be" deny your choice of livelihood tax breaks while subsidizing every other goddammed business and industry on the planet.
Hey . . . on the bright side, you're one of the "fortunate".
Feel better, now?
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Not really. It got me to thinking about taking the shortcut through "ham town" today and seeing the Escalade parked in front of the hovel and a bunch of grown men under the shade tree drinking out of brown paper bags in the MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING DAY.
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Working under the radar and working for trade has never been easier. With all the laws its like a spiders web. By the time it gets figured out your dead.
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