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Originally Posted by marichiko
"Shudda planned," is a response lacking in understanding of the realities of life among the lower income members of our society.
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Having been a member of the lower income society, I disagree.
I planned, saved, and went without a lot of the niceties I now enjoy. Granted, I was only supporting myself on the $7800.00 ($650.00/month) I made, but I was able to buy food, pay rent, electric, water, and phone bills, and still keep enough stashed for an emergency, all without a dime of public assistance. Certainly if I had children it would have been a little different, but the people I knew that had children that were in a comparable income bracket to me got A LOT of public aid, that set those who had children on the same footing as those of us without.
Reality is that you should never live beyond your means, keep a reserve because life can be unpredictable, and don't whine about the choices you make or the priorities you set.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but I have little sympathy for those in our society that make bad choices and then expect the rest of us to fix it for them.
I've made bad choices (I doubt there's anyone on this planet that hasn't), suffered the consequences, and worked hard to set my life straight.
Oh, and as far as the problems with the levees in NOLA go, the most likely candidates to report problems with the levees may perhaps have been those who were supposed to be doing maintenance on them. On the scenes kind of people. The Army Corps of Enginneers. They did report that the levees weren't strong enough to hold back a category 3. But nothing was done because of problems at the state and local levels (ie, payoffs to the right people.) This has been a LA problem long before W was president.