Wednesday, June 14, 2006

More FEMA issues

Wow.

The rundown:
Fema issued debit cards to people who needed help. But there was no policy set in place as to how to distribute them. Some people issued fake addresses and p.o. boxes as damaged property and were offered money no questions asked.

People who were living in Hotels paid for by FEMA were offered temporary housing assistance while staying at the hotel. $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of "Girls Gone Wild" videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.

Wow. In retrospect it was a bad idea to handle things that way. So its funny.

On the other hand. What would you do if you were assigned the task of handing out cards to the needy and everyone said they were needy? And there were cases where people were dying as a result of no food or water.

Sucks to be in that situation.

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