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<p>It's ironic that one accuses another of making stereotypes, and then turns around and makes stereotypes about our President Bush..</p>
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<p>Though the above may be one extreme, there are many hardworking Americans who earned their money. Is it fair for my parents, who work more than 11 hours per day, 6 days a week working a blue-collar job in the scorching heat to have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to people that they don't even know? Sure there is a certain sense of satisfaction for "giving", but it would be ridiculous to essentially ask someone for months of hard-earned money.</p>
<p>Some things to consider.. It's not only true for the victims of Katrina (namely Blacks) but probably a considerable majority of people in the poorer class; they may find that $2000 is more than enough and start spending money uncontrollable without thinking about that future (many lottery winners end up bankrupt quickly because they have never had so much money before). It's better to give someone "too little" money than "too much" money, however $2000 is not necessarily too little anyway. I agree with Scotch that giving too much money will unfortunately result in many unnecessary purchases of unnecessary things. Chances are, a good portion of those victims did not have much more than that anyway-- perhaps their homes weren't even fully paid for either.</p>
<p>What the federal government should really do is give a boost to those victims. They should not buy them entire houses, cars, mp3 players, etc. It was a major (and probably the most) fatal natural tragedy to affect this nation. No one expects them to live normal lives within the next few days.. it's a gradual process where they need to learn how to support themselves.</p>
<p>P.S.- Aren't the majority (if not all) of Bush's decisions influenced or derived from his administration? Bush administration would be just as incompetent as he is, in that case. I hate watching comedians, late-night talk show hosts, etc. make fun of Bush's appearance of incompetence even if it's really his administration that throws around these ideas with him. It's just an easy target for them; otherwise, how else would they convince the ignorant, American public that the government "sucks"? They certainly can't go out and say that Condi is an idiot, but by taking Bush's statements out of context, I guess he's just a sitting duck.</p>
<p>I hope I wasn't completely wrong about it, but don't be afraid to correct me if I'm wrong. It's annoying to see all these comedians, etc. making fun of presidents/politicians because they know that Americans don't know any better.</p>