Re: OT Winners and losers

Posted by NC Wayne on September 16, 2005 at 21:35:08 from (152.163.101.7):

In Reply to: Re: OT Winners and losers posted by msb on September 16, 2005 at 21:15:18:

Sounds like your saying we're all gonna benifit.... and to a degree that may be true. Problem is all of the money is coming from each of us through taxes. Now how much of the money that's being spent to rebuild everything is actually gonna be spent with AMERICAN OWNED companies on AMERICAN MADE products? Every penny not spent here is a penny lost to all of us.... Now look at the cost of everything. Building materials is a pretty good indicator of how things do after a "disaster". After every major storm/natural disaster I can remeber the cost skyrockets. I remember when a 2x4 was less than $1 and OSB (the supposed cheap stuff) was less than $5. After Andrew it all went up, and has steadily progressed upwards since every time the industry knew a large amount was gonna be needed. Before Katrina a 2x4 was running nearly $2.50 and OSB was nearing $15 a sheet. I haven't priced it since then but I'd bet you it's gone up at least a little bit already. Point here being it doesn't matter if we're all making money off the rebuilding process, our salaries are all gonna remain fairely stable while the cost of everything else increases. So, true the work is there but we're not making anymore, everthing costs more so in the end WE ALL LOSE........ Plus why in He-- do we need to rebuild N.O. when the city is still there? A building standing after a flood can typically be cleaned out and repaired and it's good to go. Now all the other places that caught the storm surge, there isn't anything left so I can understand rebuilding there. What gets me is all the talk is about rebuilding N/O for the minorities but never any talk about spending the money to rebuild for all the other middle class, working people like us that owned a home that flat out isn't there anymore... Again just my .02 on the matter

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