2,500 evacuees being sent to Otis AFB (concentration camp??), page 2

Originally posted by porkchop1969
Asigning them with identification numbers??

What on earth do you think Social Security and Driver's License numbers are? How about Passports? Bank numbers? Credit card numbers? For that matter, how do you expect these people to get the last two without at least one, preferably both, of the first two?

Originally posted by porkchop1969
Controling basic aspects of their daily lives...food, income, clothing, medical care, housing, schooling, ability to travel, etc.????

* Food, clothing: They have none. Right now, how are they supposed to be in charge of their own? Food and clothing has to be gotten to them in some fashion; allowing them to receive such in a place that also lets them recouperate seems to be a humane thing and not to be argued with. Do you really think the government intends to continue feeding and clothing these people indefinately?

* Medical care: How else do you expect them to get it? Right now, a friend of mine can't afford to go to the doctor and go out to eat both in the same month, because either one of them would eat up the whole $50 she has in monthly discretionary income. And yet, at that - she has more income than these people do. If the government does not pay for them to get treatment after they have been in the conditions we have seen repeatedly reported, then how will they get it? Unless you believe unencombered death is a better option, I'm not seeing how you can claim this a bad thing.

Which leads to:

* Income, housing: They have to get it. Which means they need food and water so that they may recover from the illness and dehydration that the medical treatment is taking care of. Then they need clothing so they can go out and interview at jobs and look at apartments.

* Schooling: Last I checked, the government mandated school for everyone under the age of 16, so I fail to see how this has changed anything, save where they are going to school. And for that, you have to look at the damage done to New Orleans - even if little Suzie and Jimmy normally go to Catholic school, I sincerely doubt that Sister Mary Elizabeth is up for giving lessons today, since the school and church are under water.

Finally,

* Ability to travel: People have said repeatedly that in any of the bases that are close or in populated centers, such as the one you specifically mentioned would be, there would be arrangements made for transportation. Beyond that, what do you want? The same would have to be true no matter where they were put, no matter who was sponsoring them. If they were in my house, arrangements would have to be made for transportation, because not only do I not have a spare car for guests, but these people often do not have driver's licenses. Which leads, incidentally, back to the first point about ID.

[edit on 12-9-2005 by M_Cat]