Do you remember when Bush said after Katrina devastated New Orleans the following “This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina" and "get the work done quickly."
Well one year after Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast here is the hard numbers:
Less than half of the city’s pre-storm population of 460,000 has returned, putting the population at roughly what it was in 1880.
– Nearly a third of the trash has yet to be picked up.
Sixty percent of homes still lack electricity.
Seventeen percent of the buses are operational.
Half of the physicians have left, and there is a shortage of 1,000 nurses.
Six of the nine hospitals remain closed.
Sixty-six percent of public schools have reopened.
A 40 percent hike in rental rates, disproportionately affecting black and low-income families.
A 300 percent increase in the suicide rate.
Remember when a Bush official said they were going to make New Orleans a "whiter" city. Looks like he's getting his way.
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