Hurricane Katrina struck the US in August 2005. That’s 2.5 years ago. Today, FEMA is finally kicking people out of 35,000 trailers from that event. Occupants of those trailers are mad at FEMA. They’ve been living in the trailers for 2.5 years while simultaneously claiming that they want to sue as a result of their health problems from living in the trailers. If they know of the health problems, they should, uh, maybe leave?
This raises several questions.
First, why are these people getting free housing for 2.5 years? Free housing is not a federal responsibility. 2-3 months should have been the limit for people to find new housing.
Second, why should we provide housing even for temporary relief? If you provide victims with nothing, they can’t sue. If you provide them with trailers that they claim are unhealthy, they can sue you for being negligent. These people are whiners and users. No matter what you give them, it’s never enough. Fine, give no federal aid anymore for this type of tragedy. It’s better than dealing with the ungrateful.
Of course, the lawyers are to blame; the American Bar Association even set up a whole website to help the “victims” sue somebody. Not sure who to blame? Ask the ABA!
If the victims had any money, I’m sure a smart lawyer would help me sue the victims. After all, why did I have to spend billions of tax money just because these people were too dumb to move out of a flood plain which nature clearly wants to cover with water? Don’t spend money on the levy; this will happen again.