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<blockquote data-quote="O&#039;Rothlain" data-source="post: 87317"><p>New Orleans was a double-sided problem: 1. the majority of the people there are poor, 2. The government had no real plan (and by government I mean both local and federal) for anything on this scale. People don't like to believe that education has a real affect on people, but if you go to a highly uneducated sector of society you will be surrounded by people with poor decision making skills. Ignorance on everyones part is what really caused the aftermath to be as bad as it was. Unlike our friend Kanye West, it wasn't some sort of racial attack, it was just happenchance that New Orleans has a high make up of African-American people living in poverty. In a capitolist market you really have to work for your livelyhood. My wife and I both have to bust our asses to have the life we have...unfortunately there are people who can't (and some won't) do this. Should there be more government aid? Yes. Unfortunately, in our country, we have a horrendous scheme that makes up our Welfare Department. It is highly abused and the people that really need it, often have a hard time getting it. So, back to the point, New Orleans in many ways was a victim of itself. And that is more sad than it being something you could blame on the American government. It's a bi-product of the negative affects of Federalism, Capitolism, and the ever growing gap between the haves and the have-nots.</p><p></p><p>Back to this "New Nationalism" and the idea that ***us is posing with Society (in it's origins) are pretty much on target. America, for example, is a very self-serving nation. Think of Rome at its peak: The citizens in the city lived off of the back breaking work of the rest of the Empire. The oppulance (sp) of Rome was done by the work of the "outsiders." It was subsidised (sp) labor. Are we not doing the same today? Look at what happend: by the end the empire began to be divided because of the amassing of wealth in the far reaches of the Empire. The people doing all the work, were beginning to amass all the cash. So you have a giant swing in influence and this left the capitol vunerable to attack. Should America not be worried with all it's Walmart outsourcing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="O'Rothlain, post: 87317"] New Orleans was a double-sided problem: 1. the majority of the people there are poor, 2. The government had no real plan (and by government I mean both local and federal) for anything on this scale. People don't like to believe that education has a real affect on people, but if you go to a highly uneducated sector of society you will be surrounded by people with poor decision making skills. Ignorance on everyones part is what really caused the aftermath to be as bad as it was. Unlike our friend Kanye West, it wasn't some sort of racial attack, it was just happenchance that New Orleans has a high make up of African-American people living in poverty. In a capitolist market you really have to work for your livelyhood. My wife and I both have to bust our asses to have the life we have...unfortunately there are people who can't (and some won't) do this. Should there be more government aid? Yes. Unfortunately, in our country, we have a horrendous scheme that makes up our Welfare Department. It is highly abused and the people that really need it, often have a hard time getting it. So, back to the point, New Orleans in many ways was a victim of itself. And that is more sad than it being something you could blame on the American government. It's a bi-product of the negative affects of Federalism, Capitolism, and the ever growing gap between the haves and the have-nots. Back to this "New Nationalism" and the idea that ***us is posing with Society (in it's origins) are pretty much on target. America, for example, is a very self-serving nation. Think of Rome at its peak: The citizens in the city lived off of the back breaking work of the rest of the Empire. The oppulance (sp) of Rome was done by the work of the "outsiders." It was subsidised (sp) labor. Are we not doing the same today? Look at what happend: by the end the empire began to be divided because of the amassing of wealth in the far reaches of the Empire. The people doing all the work, were beginning to amass all the cash. So you have a giant swing in influence and this left the capitol vunerable to attack. Should America not be worried with all it's Walmart outsourcing? [/QUOTE]
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