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Originally Posted by sammyg2
What do I have to prove? To summarize:
My original point was that too many people from New Orleans would rather have a hand out than a hand up.
Too many have been sitting around for two years waiting for the next check instead of getting out there and taking care of themselves.
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While I'm not going to get into the personal attacks that seem to be going on, and there are quite a few people who are all of which you mention above, but my question is What about the people who truly want to help themselves? How do you suppose they do that? Aside from starting over in another city, How do they go about rebuilding their lives in N.O.? They now live in another city with no way to rebuild. You are mainly talking about uneducated, unskilled people, many of whom have never worked, or were working 2-3 jobs trying to make ends meet. You simply can't change past history by saying things like, Well, they should have been working, or if they wouldn't have been on welfare for so long they would be self sufficient if they would go out and find a job, or things like that. EVERY city has a population like this.
My thoughts?, Maybe the people who were displaced need to make a commitment (or realize) to start over in their new city if the resources arent there for them to rebuild in N.O. It seems they are living day by day, or being stringed along, by the Gov in thinking they may have a chance to move back. Of course nobody wants to think they can never go back, but hey, it's reality at this point. I have no problem with people who were on gov assistance before the storm to continue getting it, but I think the money needs to go to helping them start over where they are now, not chasing a pipe dream of going back to N.O.