NFT: Is New Orleans Worth $32 Billion? - Page 2

**Donger** · 11-29-2005, 02:48 PM

"Gov. Kathleen Blanco and other Louisiana officials, as well as businesses and homeowners, have said the levees must be improved to protect against Category 5 storms if the New Orleans metropolitan area hopes to persuade people to return.

Such improvements would require federal funding. Early estimates run as high as $32 billion, and it would take up to 30 years to complete the work."

So, what do you guys think? Is rebuilding and protecting New Orleans worth investing that much money and time?

Dr. Johnny Fever · 11-29-2005, 03:08 PM

If it were your home it might be worth $32 large. If the Saints promise not to come back it might be worth twice that.

Jenson71 · 11-29-2005, 03:08 PM

No, but there's a few nice houses in California that are.

**Skip Towne** · 11-29-2005, 03:09 PM

No tax money to rebuild. If the residents want to rebuild, have at it.

**DaFace** · 11-29-2005, 03:09 PM

Time to make fun of the n00b. What does NFT stand for?

**Donger** · 11-29-2005, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laz

Washington D.C.

Come on. There's absolutely no reason for this to be in DC, despite attempts by the hand-wringing, limp-d*cked leftist Democrat scum on this thread to make it political.

Whoa, sorry. Had a reversio there for a second.

**Donger** · 11-29-2005, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace

Time to make fun of the n00b. What does NFT stand for?

Non-Football Thread

JohninGpt · 11-29-2005, 03:20 PM

I may be a little biased because I lost my home in Biloxi to the same storm, but imagine that a large percentage of your home town, say KC, including Arrowhead was destroyed. Would you want some tax dollars to help make it livible again?

Amnorix · 11-29-2005, 03:32 PM

Absolutely. Wait, we're talking about pesos, right?

Sybil · 11-29-2005, 03:41 PM

Nope.

StcChief · 11-29-2005, 04:01 PM

Not in it's current location.

vailpass · 11-29-2005, 04:09 PM

Turn the 9th ward and all the other lowest-lying property into flood plains. No taxpayer money should be spent on re-building houses that are going to get flooded again. This should lower the $$ amount needed considerably.

Build Category 5 floodgates, re-establish the marshland that acts as a natural flood break.

Spend what is needed to restore the French Quarter, the Garden District, and any other historically significant areas. New Orleans is part of America. We should take care of our own to the extent that it is feasible and sustainable.

JimNasium · 11-29-2005, 04:12 PM

I recently read somewhere that coastland erosion will overtake the city within 90 years. If this is true there is no way one could justify that kind of expenditure.

Duck Dog · 11-29-2005, 04:13 PM

They should rebuild it to attract upper middle class and above type people while they have the chance.

vailpass · 11-29-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chagrin

She didn't clarify her statement, 15 billion of that money would be split between herself, the Mayor, the City Council, Edwin Edwards, the Long family (the Long family and Edwards will get a cut of everything by default for paving the way for the corruption that will now and forever engulf Louisiana Politics) and the rest will probably actually go towards rebuilding.

Have you ever read Robert Penn Warren's All The King's Men ?

Clint in Wichita · 11-29-2005, 05:04 PM

So, $32 billion is too much to spend on New Orleans, but it's OK to waste several hundred billion on Iraq...even though a civil war is almost certain to occur shorty after our withdrawal?

Most of you fuggers would support spending $30 billion to rebuild Branson, MO., just so you could continue to marvel at Glen Campbell's act.

Yes, New Orleans should be rebuilt, better than it was before, at any cost.

Even though there are quite a few African-Americans there.

11-29-2005, 02:48 PM
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11-29-2005, 03:08 PM	#16
Dr. Johnny Fever stax of wax Join Date: Feb 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	If it were your home it might be worth $32 large. If the Saints promise not to come back it might be worth twice that. __________________ courtesy of BoneKrusher "Baseball? It's just a game. As simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, a business and sometimes a religion." Ernie Harwell
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Jenson71 fides quaerens intellectum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Casino cash: $8330900	No, but there's a few nice houses in California that are.
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11-29-2005, 03:09 PM	#18
Skip Towne Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: T-Town Casino cash: $10004900	No tax money to rebuild. If the residents want to rebuild, have at it.
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DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1656899	Time to make fun of the n00b. What does NFT stand for?
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11-29-2005, 03:20 PM	#22
JohninGpt Dammit Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Busted Stick, IT Casino cash: $5268304	I may be a little biased because I lost my home in Biloxi to the same storm, but imagine that a large percentage of your home town, say KC, including Arrowhead was destroyed. Would you want some tax dollars to help make it livible again?
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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	Absolutely. Wait, we're talking about pesos, right? __________________ "I love signature blocks on the Internet. I get to put whatever the hell I want in quotes, pick a pretend author, and bang, it's like he really said it." George Washington
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11-29-2005, 03:41 PM	#24
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11-29-2005, 04:09 PM	#26
vailpass Psycho Bag Of Squanch Join Date: Sep 2001 Casino cash: $9594244	Turn the 9th ward and all the other lowest-lying property into flood plains. No taxpayer money should be spent on re-building houses that are going to get flooded again. This should lower the $$ amount needed considerably. Build Category 5 floodgates, re-establish the marshland that acts as a natural flood break. Spend what is needed to restore the French Quarter, the Garden District, and any other historically significant areas. New Orleans is part of America. We should take care of our own to the extent that it is feasible and sustainable. __________________ “Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Joseph Stalin
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11-29-2005, 04:12 PM	#27
JimNasium Voodoo Chile Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: At the crossroad Casino cash: $2533902	I recently read somewhere that coastland erosion will overtake the city within 90 years. If this is true there is no way one could justify that kind of expenditure.
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11-29-2005, 04:13 PM	#28
Duck Dog Reap the whirlwind Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Olathe Casino cash: $10004900	They should rebuild it to attract upper middle class and above type people while they have the chance.
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11-29-2005, 05:04 PM	#30
Clint in Wichita Veteran Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	So, $32 billion is too much to spend on New Orleans, but it's OK to waste several hundred billion on Iraq...even though a civil war is almost certain to occur shorty after our withdrawal? Most of you fuggers would support spending $30 billion to rebuild Branson, MO., just so you could continue to marvel at Glen Campbell's act. Yes, New Orleans should be rebuilt, better than it was before, at any cost. Even though there are quite a few African-Americans there. __________________ I think they should hand out fudge at communion...so you can have the body of Christ with or without nuts.
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