1.0 link 17549 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/where-the-money-went-a-fo_b_17549.html Responding, at least coincidentally, to the last Fantasy Assignment Desk assignment, Sunday's Times-Picayune puts one figure on the table about where the Federal money has gone in post-Katrina spending: $12 billion is accounted for in flood-insurance payments. This is an interesting figure, more than 10% of the total supposed federal figure on Katrina/Rita damage. Interesting also because the thrust of the article is cliche-busting: despite early scorn of New Orleans residents as being disdainful of flood insurance, the facts...

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