'New Orleans
Disaster: The Sequel' Coming Oct. 17
by Bob Cesca, The Huffington Post
It hasn't been widely discussed yet, but another disaster
will strike the victims of Hurricane Katrina on October 17, 2005. And Bush can't say that he didn't
anticipate it. He orchestrated it.
[Bush]'s beloved Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and
Consumer Protection Act goes into effect on that day.
Interesting that while the bill was passing through the
House Judiciary Committee early this year, Democrats attempted to amend the
bill to include measures to protect victims of natural disasters such as
hurricanes.
The amendment to the bill, proposed by Rep. Sheila Jackson
Lee (D-TX), was voted down without debate. Along party lines.
Seems the Republicans would rather see hurricane victims
slammed head-first into poverty instead of continuing to be protected by
Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Seems the profit margins of MBNA are more important.
Blog For Iowa 
Our own Jim Leach voted for the bankruptcy bills and for CAFTA–which depends on New Orleans and other gulf ports for about 60% of grain exportation. Unintended consequences of bad policy?
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