Bush's Relief Funding, Relief Only For His Friends

If you think that after viewing the abject humiliation displayed by the poor folks left behind in the wake of Katrina, that President Bush would truly be sympathetic in his response, think again. Yes, he did allocation massive amount of Federal funding to help rebuild hurricane ravaged parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana and he was very glad to report his "generosity" in a wonderfully staged speech at Jackson Square in NOLA, with the beautifully lit St. Louis Cathedral as the backdrop (now, where did the electricity come from to pull off such a PR stint?).

But, what he doesn't say, is that this relief is pretty much only for his friends. All those no-bid contracts go to his buddies (see previous post about that). And to top it off, he has suspended the Davis-Bacon Act which would require the Federal contractors to pay "prevailing wages" to their workers. What does this mean? It means that Bushco's buddies will reap ALL the benefits of these contracts, while being able to pocket even more because they can pay these workers less than the going rate.

http://www.alternet.org/katrina/25514/

Sadly, many of these workers will likely be those that want to rebuild their communities and will be most in need of the money to rebuild their own homes. So, it's like a catch-22. You want the Federal Government's help, but instead of helping the people most in need by giving them a living wage, Bushco would rather make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Bush is so good about giving the finger to Americans.

So, who's anti-American? Maybe Bush and his Republican Regime are the ones that hate Americans so much. He certainly acts like that.