Thief13x on 6/12/2006 at 14:27

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haha talk about an understatement

(http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/katrina.gao.report/index.html)

• GAO says $20 million paid to "double-dipping" Katrina-Rita victims
• Government gave $3 million to students who weren't U.S. citizens
• People living in rent-free housing still received money to pay rent
• FEMA also sent nearly $17 million in rental aid to people in FEMA trailers

I will never ever ever give to one of these highly televised funds after this. I honestly thought about it very seriously in the months following katrina, the television commercials were so compelling and it just seemed like they wouldn't survive without my money. I GUESS NOT:cheeky:

Vigil on 6/12/2006 at 14:38

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Charity invites fraud so don't give to charity?

I LIKE YOUR STYLE

Uncia on 6/12/2006 at 14:45

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I bet the lazy bums just had to walk over to the counter and take their millions, too. All 3 of them.

TheHurley on 6/12/2006 at 17:21

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agreed.

fett on 6/12/2006 at 17:54

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Funny. When I was there a year ago, I stayed for a few weeks in two different cities where the people were living in pup tents and sewage in their front yard. Must have been some fucking expensive pup tents. Oh! We also passed a FEMA storage area with shitloads of trailers sitting inside.

FEMA and Red Cross are organizations run by complete fuck-ups - I got to see it up close. Some of the individuals are good people, but of course FEMA dicked the money around. My advice - don't give to big organizations when something like this happens. Find a humanitarian volunteer group and give them money. Better yet, spend the money on transportation and go yourself. LA and MI are just as much in need of hands to clear away the shit as they are money.