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Saving New Orleans

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

2 March 2006 - 2:00pm

Newt Gingrich and John M. Barry comment on New Orleans' vulnerabilities and why the city should be rebuilt.

"If engineering the Mississippi made New Orleans vulnerable, it also created enormous value....

Washington also has a moral burden. It was the Federal Government's responsibility to build levees that worked, and its failure to do so ultimately led to New Orleans' being flooded. The White House recognized that responsibility when it proposed an additional $4.2 billion for housing in New Orleans, but the first priority remains flood control. Without it, individuals will hesitate to rebuild, and lenders will decline to invest.

How should flood control be paid for?"

Full Story: Why New Orleans Needs Saving
Source: Time, March 2, 2006
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