The Promiser in Chief By PAUL KRUGMAN

Op-Ed Columnist

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: December 9, 2005
Sometimes reconstruction delayed is reconstruction denied.

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Both supporters and opponents of the war now argue that by moving so slowly on reconstruction, the Bush administration missed a crucial window of opportunity. By the time reconstruction spending began in earnest, it was in a losing race with a deteriorating security situation.

Now we're losing another window of opportunity for reconstruction. But this time it's at home.

But Mr. Bush seems to have forgotten about his promise. More than three months after Katrina, a major reconstruction effort isn't even in the planning stage, let alone under way. "To an extent almost inconceivable a few months ago," a Los Angeles Times report about New Orleans says, "the only real actors in the rebuilding drama at the moment are the city's homeowners and business owners."

Funny, isn't it? Back during the 2000 campaign Mr. Bush promised to avoid "nation building." And so he has. He failed to rebuild Iraq because he waited too long to get started. And now he's doing the same thing here at home.

http://select.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/opinion/09krugman.html?hp

Our fellow Americans on the Gulf Coast are -- as far as the FEDS are concerned -- on their own.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help you. Another example of not following through.

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Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Okay, it isn't just Krugman, but sometimes it sure seems that way. Bush makes nice-sounding promise after promise and fails to follow through on any of them. The lights go off, the cameras are shut down, he walks away from the podium (purposefully, of course), and every person in the popular media immediately forget what Bush just said. It's been just a bit over three months since Katrina, and all the media stalwarts have completely forgotten about the Gulf Coast (not just New Orleans).

in order to rebuild New Orleans? Or did that money get eaten up by the tax cuts for the rich? WE ARE BEING LOOTED! DAMN BUSH...and the toy horse he rode in on!