my coworker calls his friend "the blue tarp guy", because all he did right after Katrina was put blue tarps on peoples roofs. He worked half the year and brought home 6 figures.
"Move along, there's no excess spending to see here" On 8/29/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously you have not been following this story very closely. > > There is a ton of money allocated to clear debris. > > There are only a few local contractors willing to do the work for the > price offered (about 4 times the pre-Katrina hauling price, last I > read). > > The bigger haulers (remember who owns most hauling services in this > nation) are holding out for even higher windfall profits. > > So the difference between the National Guard and the garbage company > is about 1000% markup. > > On 8/29/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We (the taxpayers) are paying the national guard to do it, or we (th > > tax payers) are paying the garbage company to do it. Either way it's > > gonna take the same number of trips in a big ole truck. I don't know > > who Joe's Hauling is, or why they only own two trucks, but if the > > power company can put together resources from all over the nation to > > drive down and help re-connect power all over the place, there's no > > reason the same can't be done with the garbage men. > > > > It's just a matter of the federal, state, and local governments > > getting off their collective fat asses, stop arguing over the piggy > > bank, and actually doing their jobs. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On 8/29/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the city is broke and the feds think the city is run by crooks. I guess. I > > > was just seeing that the amount of trash is still something like 12 times > > > the volume of the Superdome, so it's not something that Joe's Hauling can > > > handle with his two trucks on a volunteer basis. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
