Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j8GEX7G11963; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:33:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:33:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s32a9f20.067@mail.jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Silja Kallenbach" <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1541] Re: New Orleans X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1659 Lines: 47 Those are excellent questions, Andres, and I don't think you're being paranoid at all. Bechtel and Halliburton are profiting handsomely, once again, and I doubt they gave any discounts on their rates. Silja ********************************************* Silja Kallenbach, Coordinator New England Literacy Resource Center World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02201 tel. 617-482-9485 fax. 617-482-0617 email. silja_kallenbach@worlded.org www.nelrc.org Get free resources about ABE/ESOL-to-college transitions at www.collegetransition.org Teach critical thinking with The Change Agent, a social justice publication for the adult education community, available at www.nelrc.org/changeagent >>> andresm@epcc.edu 09/16 10:12 AM >>> Questions: Now that Katrina cleaned up NO of poor people, sort of like Rudolph cleaned Manhattan, Are speculators going to buy land for nothing, and are developers going to make huge profits and get juicy government contracts to rebuild? Is the poor part of NO going to become new ritzy neighbourhoods? The government already gave a big contract to halliburton as soon as Katrina hit. Here is the contradiction, we are being asked to open our hearts and our wallets and help the poor with food, supplies, English classes, etc. In the meanwhile, corporations are not being asked to open their hearts and help rebuild. Instead they are already making bucks. Are our taxes going to go up next year to help rebuild NO? Are more programs going to get cut to pay for the developers to rebuild? Is ABE going to go on the choping block again, together with Even start and other trio programs? Am I being paranoid? Andres
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