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Originally posted by Mule
I'm sorry did you say levee budget or construction budget?
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Discounting the $2.7 billion (as liberal NYT called a "boondoggle") set aside by Bush...
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By 1998, Louisiana's state government had a $2 billion construction budget, but less than one tenth of one percent of that -- $1.98 million -- was dedicated to levee improvements in the New Orleans area. State appropriators were able to find $22 million that year to renovate a new home for the Louisiana Supreme Court and $35 million for one phase of an expansion to the New Orleans convention center.
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All due respect, this amounts to at least 98% (2% to feds only because of miscommunication and jurisdictional constraints) of blame accrued to the Democrat party and their inaction resulting in catastrophic negligence.