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05 Oct · Wed 2005

Katrina layoffs... insult to injury?


Wow. As if the natural disaster and its immediate aftermath weren't enough to cope with, New Orleans now has to struggle back to its feet with a halved city admininstration... and 3,000 more on the dole. I know little or nothing about the relationships between elements of the US City/County/State/Federal structure (beyond the fact that this episode has revealed some of the huge complexity of it all), but even taking that into account, this seems such a counter-intuitive way to go. OK, there must be some City Hall functions which are redundant (I can't imagine there's a huge demand for traffic wardens [meter maids] currently...) but surely there are other areas where they need all the hands and minds they can get? There must be a better way...
Posted by racingsnake @ 03:23 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [2] ]
 
 
 
 
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It's not about needs. The city gets money from sales tax and property taxes - both of which are zero now. Banks won't loan money to a customers who have no revenue stream.

Posted by David on October 05, 2005 at 06:13 PM GMT+00:00 #

Thanks David. It's pretty grim however you look at it, but even from a 'bank loan' perspective, surely the long-term prospects are best enhanced by getting an infrastructure in now which will encourage the sales and property tax contributors to come back?

Posted by Robin Wilton on October 05, 2005 at 09:08 PM GMT+00:00 #

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