Almost a half million victims of Katrina have filed lawsuits against the US government for damage arising from the flooding of New Orleans. Their claims equal $3,014,170,389,176,410.00.
How do you even say that number? One claim alone was for 3 quadrillion dollars. Thee QUADRILLION? What could that one guy have lost or suffered that is worth that much money? The entire gross domestic product for the US was only $13.2 trillion in 2007 - FAR short of just the one claim.
What New Orleans went through was horrific and shameful, but is bankrupting the United States government the answer? Does one hapless victim's claim outweigh the security and commerce of an entire nation?
How do you even say that number? One claim alone was for 3 quadrillion dollars. Thee QUADRILLION? What could that one guy have lost or suffered that is worth that much money? The entire gross domestic product for the US was only $13.2 trillion in 2007 - FAR short of just the one claim.
What New Orleans went through was horrific and shameful, but is bankrupting the United States government the answer? Does one hapless victim's claim outweigh the security and commerce of an entire nation?
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