I say that these people are in low economics because of the choices they make. The government gives people money to keep having babies. More babies mean more money.

The government also gives money to people of low economics for education.

Therefore, on one side of the fence you have those that want the government to support them because they are just to damn lazy to work, these people are parasites that just feed off the system.

On the other side of the fence are the people that use the system as is intended. They get an education and they pull themselves out of this low economic cesspool. They become hardworking, proud, and give back to their communities.

I have been to the shelters here in Shreveport and these people are being fed, clothed and cleaned up after.

What seems to keep surprising me is that the refugees that are not staying in a shelter but in a hotel or with a relative are coming in to where I work and using our services to revamp their resumes. These people are not wasting any time looking for a job.

The people in the shelters seem content with getting the free stuff.

I am no longer willing to volunteer my time at a place where a majority of the people will not help themselves. I am now volunteering at a local church.

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on Sep 07, 2005
Sad but true. All one needs to do is look at the pictures of the shelters where these people are being housed. How many of the evacuees do you see carrying cots or other implements of assistance around to others at the shelters. The government of N.O., like so many other communities around America, has created an entitlement class which is perfectly willing to sit around and be waited on while the volunteers work tirelessly to help them. Then people like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton will go before any camera available and level accusations of racism whenever a news camera picks up someone of color looting. The day after the hurricane I saw women, children, women with children and men breaking into stores and stealing anyhting they could carry. And yes...The majority of them were black! Now instead of labeling me a racist, why not ask someone in the leadership of the black community why they refuse to hold the people they claim to represent accountable? I didnt make up the images that day. I didnt make anyone loot those stores. I didnt force anyone to take their child to the "take your daughter to crime spree day". Why does it always have to be someone elses fault?