Iraq is directly linked to causing this as of now.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1001051313
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At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars.
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In early 2004, as the cost of the conflict in Iraq soared, President Bush proposed spending less than 20 percent of what the Corps said was needed for Lake Pontchartrain, according to a Feb. 16, 2004, article, in New Orleans CityBusiness.
On June 8, 2004, Walter Maestri, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; told the Times-Picayune: "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security issue for us."
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One project that a contractor had been racing to finish this summer: a bridge and levee job right at the 17th Street Canal, site of the main breach on Monday.
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what could have been fixed for millions, will now cost billions.
this is not a new concept but the fact is, when you are dividing a pie, and theres only so much, the slices get slimmer.
well - iraq is using up national funds ayt alarming rate.
this is just ONE EXAMPLE of what is to happen because of iraq spending.
what city is nexT?