Jesse Jackson tells Bush to scrap hurricane deadlines

[Eugene]

Jesse Jackson tells Bush to scrap hurricane deadlines
19 Nov 2005 21:26:54 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Janet Guttsman

NEW ORLEANS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. government must extend its
Dec. 1 deadline to stop paying hotel bills for many victims of
Hurricane Katrina and come up with a proper plan for people to return
home, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said on Saturday.

The Democratic human rights activist, a fierce critic of the federal
response to the hurricanes, told Reuters that eviction orders must be
based on needs rather than on a government deadline.

"It would be disgraceful to cut funding off (for) housing without a
plan for people to go someplace," he said. "They were victims of a
hurricane, through no fault of their own... They are exiled in 41
states and living in injurious circumstances. There should be a plan
for them to return home."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the coordinator of
Washington's relief efforts, said on Wednesday that it would stop
paying for hotels for many refugees, who are scattered across the
country, starting Dec. 1. The deadline prompted outrage from people
who will have to look for new housing during the Thanksgiving holiday.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Some of these people may become homeless for the long-run

It could be like Reagan with the mental hospitals in California in the 1970's: after he closed the hospitals, the promised funding for the people never materialized and many of them disappeared into the vast netherworld of homelessness.

That's the conservative attitude toward the poorest of Americans. They want the poor to be invisible. The Right just wants them to be docile, not raise a ruckus about anything, be proud of how great they supposedly have it here in America, and shut up. Don't join a union, don't vote, don't complain to the authorities, and don't expect any help from us if you want to better your lot in life. Want to go to college? You're on your own. Want a better job? Find it yourself. Need skills for that better job? Not our problem.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. But but I thought babs bush said

this is working very well for them.

[amitten]

3. But Babs Bush is a Bitter Bitch. n/t

[Erika]

4. Babs said this is so much better than they ever knew

What an elitist bitch.