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...million a year on levee maintenance alone, it may be time to ask some difficult questions. Some suggest that the parish could tap into a FEMA grant program to buy out the most flood-prone properties on the condition that they never be developed again. Others say it is foolish to maintain a continuous 100-mile levee, that the parish should be converted into a string of islands of development with marshland between them. Ultimately, it may be up to individual landowners to decide if they want to roll the dice again and rebuild...
...Katrina's damage was multiplied a thousand times by the breach of the levees. This is a classic case of the penny-wise, pound-foolish policies of modern politicians and bureaucrats. The problem is not limited to the Bush Administration. Driven by concepts like cost cutting and lean government, shortsighted budget officials may save a few billion dollars, but they end up losing $50 billion when tragedies must be dealt with later on. Anil Kumar Aleti Hyderabad, India...
...color, race or religion. I am glad I live in a safe place, but we know that disaster can strike anytime. Ariel Lee Singapore Katrina's damage was multiplied a thousand times by the breach of the levees. This is a classic case of the penny-wise, pound-foolish policies of modern politicians and bureaucrats. The problem is not limited to the U.S. Driven by concepts like cost cutting and lean government, shortsighted budget officials may save a few billion dollars but end up losing $50 billion later on when tragedies must be dealt with. Anil Kumar Aleti Hyderabad, India...
...College. Freshman entryways would be configured along House lines and freshmen would be included in House life as soon as they arrived on campus. The response from many, including this page, was dismay. Calls for what was has become known as Yale-style housing were ridiculed as foolish and counterproductive. The scheme, many claimed, would deprive freshmen of their right to choose the group of friends with whom they would live as upperclassmen. Class unity would be jeopardized, and those freshmen assigned to Quad houses would spend their entire first years in a state of profound depression, dreading the move...
...right to choose ones roommates, it is foolish to demand such a right from the College when freshman rooming assignments are already made randomly and students have no choice when it comes to room and board options. Besides, there is no reason that sophomore rooming arrangements would not remain the choice of individual students; that choice would merely be limited by earlier Housing assignments. Considering the benefits to House life of these earlier assignments, such a limitations of students rights can surely be justified...