$2000 Debit Cards to Katrina Victims at the Dome
 

Thats good and bad news how many will take the money and have it spent in a few days and still have no place to go or anything to show for it?


I hope that most will use it to find themselves a new place to live

They are gonna have fun using it for booze.

That's a lot of 40's of Colt 45 and cartons of Kool.

yep exactly. Most of that will go straight to booze I'm sure. Not all of it but most.

this reminds me of the chapelle show sketch where the black people won the lottery

how many will actually use it to get out of the shit hole they are in?

70%?
80%?
30%?

Probably the most money they've ever had...

How did I know someone was going to chime in and say that LOL!

DH

They will just rob each other for them

Most of it will be spent on themself not there kids

Ouch. that's not good. Let's see the rise of violence. People will get robbed or even worst, killed for these cards :(

yo...i got $3 left on my atm....let me get a pack of kools for it

man: no

then how bout them corn flakes?

Is this board really this full of hateful idiots? It seems like half of you don't give a shit about these people from your own country because they're poor or black. They're fucking people.

they are already saying on the news that they are glad that they can start a new life in a new city (Houston). now this just gives them more reason to stay, this sucks.

so what did you donate to the cause?

Dude most people are poor because they can't manage their money. So whatever it is they waste it on, it will be wasted on now in texas, or mississippi, or wherever they got sent.

Its got nothing to do with race.

Wasn't it slave reparations?

That was a pretty funny skit. :1orglaugh :thumbsup

hawhaw!!!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I'd second that Mr.Soul :disgust

Hateful? Yeah when Chappelle does it it funny right? It's the fucking truth. Sometimes the truth hurts and is ugly, doesn't mean it's still not the truth. I take it you're one of those "If I believe it not to be true then it's not" people.

Seriously, not one "great, now they can get food, clothes, and shelter" comment. Every comment in this thread so far is negative. That's unbelievable. No one here cares about the lives of other human beings? These people had their lives destroyed overnight, I hope it never happens to any of you hateful bastards. Some of you must have some seriously mommy issues to hate your fellow man even in a time of crisis. Stop believing everything you see on TV, not all poor black people are alcoholic criminals. 75% of the poor people in the USA are WHITE!

watch everyone call you stupid for implying that most poor people are poor for a reason... and reasons that have nothing to do with opportunity or oppression.

i would guess the real motivation for giving out cash is because its the easiest way to appease a lot of people quickly and make them forget a lot of the bad that happened in a matter of a few moments... kings, emperors and tsars have done it for centuries.

we aren't talking about the USA. this is about new orleans.

demographics:
White 135956 28.05%
Black or African American 325947 67.25%

30% of people from nola are considered in "poverty".

To drop some reality:

My mom is not poor, owns her own home, 1 car, relatively cool job, doesnt work hard - been on her own since she had me at 20.

She has been reduced to living in motels with my brothers, my grandmother, uncles, my dad etc... not only living off of credit cards because banking is not yet working for residents who lived there, but having to accept "relief checks" from her home insurance company. And stand in line with the poorest of the poor as well.

So, while its easy to say people will be spending it on alcohol and KOOLs - please realize there are people even like my mom and dad who now are left without jobs, and have already spent over $2,000 evacuating, feeding all family members every day fast food, and hotel rooms, supplies, gas, etc... FEMA will not pay her credit cards off nor does she expect them to. She knows she is lucky to even have that option.

As someone who knows more than a dozen WHITE PEOPLE who will be accepting need this way, its pretty offensive to assume most are bnlack an going to buy beer and KOOls.

i mean, come on.

no one thinks that "all black people" are anything. you dont have to be hateful to point out that AID's is a disease that affects homosexuals more than any other social or ethnic group... you don't have to be hateful to point out that giving the countries poorest people cash is not going to go far to solving any of their problems when they can simply be given food, water and medicine with that money.

That's horse shit. Most people are poor because they're born poor and they have no chances to change that. Our system needs poor people to keep us rich, so don't go thinking that everyone could work themselves up to middle class if they just work hard enough, that's a complete fairly tale. As long as there are rich people there will always have to be poor people. Don't buy into the shit the teach us about all poor people being lazy and drunk and deserving to be poor. Some people have to work the minimum wage jobs, and if you think that it's possible to make minimum wage and not be poor, you're fooling yourself. This hurricane is really showing the true colours of a lot of white Americans, including the President. I think you're the only developed country in the world that would be fine with not doing everything possible to help a group of people in serious distress just because they're poor. Now that's some fucked up shit right there.

Mr. Soul... I ask again, what did you donate?

everyone would have said its hateful and racist beforehand, to suggest that people would be looting the city and stealing everything that was not nailed down just because they could.

there are obviously many exceptions - but NO is also has over 30% of people living below the poverty line, so its not like we are talking about financial wizards who can stretch a dollar either. and those people who will waste money only hurt themselves, anyone they are responsible and do so at the expense of those who could have been helped by simple distributing food, medicine, clothes, blankets and shelter with that money.

I could see criminals stealing them.

People will get muged for them.

and also...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...nspgraphic.jpg

from this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/we...ew/04depa.html

nobody here is saying that ALL people will buy is beer and what not, but you can't argue that it's not going to happen.

white people would do it also... it's just that these people already had NOTHING... a lot of them were probably close to being homeless, and now they get $2000? it's going to seem like hitting the lottery for a lot of them.

really my father grew up in the worse ghetto in the country (southeast d.c.) & now he's ballin....so fuck right off punk bitch

Yeah it has nothing to do with the fact that they make fuck all to begin with. You are too much man. :1orglaugh

Race aside, it is probably not the best idea to give people free reign with public money. What comes to mind for me is Flexible Spending accounts that many people have through their work. For anyone not familiar with Flex Spending plans, it's tax free money that you can use for medical and health services and certain supplies.

You must submit receipts and only qualified purchases are allowed.

Just like WIC only certain food products are WIC approved.

I think it's a great thing that the government is empowering these people. I have no doubt some may misappropriate this money. I think that given the despair and depravity I'm confident that most will do the right thing and use this as a step up and a foothold to get their lives back together.

How many will get their card and go back to the back of the line to try and get another?

I personally could care less if they spend it on beer and hookers. You can't fuck everyone because a few will waste their money, there are thousands that need all the help they can get.

As for the poor people arguement who gives a rats ass. If it wasn't for poor people there would be nobody to do the jobs others consider themselves above. This country thrives on the working class.

Welfare doesn't work... I don' tknow how this would

Hell I grew up in a shitty shitty situation I got the hell out of it

I tried to get my brothers out of it but they didnt want to help themselves they enjoy the free check every month. They are White!

I got my brother to move out of where he was an it with me when I was in California it took him 4 weeks to find a job and every store and restraunt in town was hiring.

he didnt want to work he was accustomed to getting his money for nothing needless to say I sent him home about a month later because he didnt want to do shit but sit on my couch

so I gave him a greyhound ticket back to Wash. DC where he was from

I'll remember this for the next GFY thread type of:

" I am broke, my landlord kicked me out, .. can you epassporte a few $$$, anything would help "


NEW answer : :321GFY Learn to manage your money.

If they are in the dome that means they already have food, clothes, and shelter! There are a hell of a lot of other people out there right now that are barely surviving right now.

well hurricane survivors still need porn. I wonder who is going to offer the first hurricane special..

Someone should load up some computers into a big rig and park it at the astrodome.

Imagine loosing everything... no home, clothes, food, material possesions etc and getting 2k to start over. Do you think that's enough? Sure, some will take advantage but I believe most won't and that's what you want. You want it to be something positive in someone's life. Shit, even getting an apartment and starting over... they're gonna want first and last mth deposit. Plus, if you've got kids, you need to get them clothes and feed them. I would love to see so many of you out of your sheltered lives and see what you'll do :2 cents:

It's been an interesting week... just added 4 more names to the cocksuckers that I don't want to do biz with or speak with.

every poor person/illegal immigrant in the united states is going to be flocking to the astrodome.. texas is going to regret this..

This reminds me when I was at the park with my cousin and his crew shooting basketball on the "white side of town"

There was this middle aged white guy late 40's early 50's talking about buying an $80 crack rock to put into his anus, because he heard it's a more controlled long lasting high.

shut up pussy. most people are poor because they cant manage the money they have and are generally irresponsible.

bump, I really think it's important to see your fellow webmasters and their viewpoints on certain things.

what about people who are simply taught to be poor? many people in this thread place no blame whatsoever on people who are poor... what about those who are simply conditioned to be poor? what does a single, poor parent of 5 kids teach a child about success, money, finance, business? what professional carreer will someone who bears a truly unfortuneate ghetto/hillbilly name like "Sheniqua" or "Cooter" pursue?

i know it happens *sometimes* that even a poor parent can be a significant positive influence on a child and teach them to reach for the stars and thats truly wonderful... but look at people in this thread, many don't believe poor people should be held accountable for anything. poor people, by and large don't think they should be held accountable and when this is the general state of things, how much can you truly hold a poor person responsible or accountable for their own state of being?

The 2k isn't the final solution , its just a step along the way. You dont want to give people any more than that at once or they would just be victimized , and may turn alot of them into drunks/drug addicts