2005-09-09 - 3:53 p.m.
HARVEST TIME FOR REPUBLICANS
By Peter Fredson
September 9, 2005
People reap what they have sown. Well, the Republicans have sown disaster and will now reap profit handsomely by the tragedy on the Gulf from Hurricane Katrina. All the poor people have been chased out of their homes and houses in Astrodomes, trailer parks, church basements and similar places well away from taking care of any property in New Orleans.
Now is the right time for Urban Development, for the real estaters, the investors, the high-stepping con men to move in and seize the properties from the defenseless poor. The Bush administration will not lift a finger to help people back into their homes because their corporate sponsors want to “eminent domain” the city and build monuments to their foresight. The poor, the blacks, the aged, not only have low priority in moving back to their city, but have NO PRIORITY. Good riddance to Trash is the Republican Motto. After all, it is God’s Will to keep some people poor.
But first the contractors, the people with heavy machinery and low-wage employees have to move in and clear the city. They will get the bulk of the “aid” for flood victims. Their trucks and cranes will roar and tear up the place and build a super-highway to the desireable properties so that Trent Lott and his buddies can rebuild their mansions. It will become a pleasant place for corporate executives. The reconstruction will give innumerable opportunities for graft and corruption, on a massive scale which will be so huge that even Bush will smirk. The tourist attractions will be rebuilt, twice as gaudy as before, most of it from taxpayer money. There will probably be even larger sports arenas, built with taxpayer money, so Bush partners can enjoy their leisure.
Oh, the harvest will be splendid. It’s going to take from 200 to 300 billion dollars of taxpayer money (maybe more), going into the pockets of friends of Bush to fix New Orleans. At least a dozen new billionaires will emerge to lord it over a slum with minimum wage labor slaves. And the contributions to the Republican party will also be splendid. For every dollar invested in a Republican politician the sponsor will receive the full blessings of the Lord, ten-fold.
And, if there is time, Bush will invade either Syria or Iran. John Bolton will help demolish the U.N. Maybe another tax break for millionaires is in order. But Bush will still be in Iraq, staying the course. And if another hurricane should wipe out some other American City, well, just send in troops with rifles at the ready to chase out the unfit residents and make way for the White Supremacists.
That’s the American Way!
