[amilcarkabral]

The "right to property" refers to a person to claim ownership of property, not that all people should have property. You're confusing the two.

And in specific reference to the victims of the Army Core of Improper Engineering, i think it is a shame that the government's response to the incompetence of the ACE was a broad-natured program that benefited the economy and region of New Orleans and not the specific residence of the ? ward that were affected by the incompetence of the ACE

But also there is a media bias that doesn't address the broad swaths of destruction of people outside of the city of New Orleans and the devastation wrought on them by Katrina and not the Army Core of Improper Engineering. In a broader reference, you'll find in cities across America that it is mostly the case that areas of the city with the lowest attractiveness (liable to get flooded, closest to but least access to the highway system, closest to pollution) are filled with Black folk. This is a consequence of a historical inequality in earning that can ONLY be solved by a mostly if not fully black-owned business network who re-cycles their profits into the community by good wages and community beautification projects.

The federal and most state governments have no record of doing things to address the specific needs of African-American communities. NOR WILL THEY EVER.

The intent of this thread is to analyze the beast of capitalism, not to bemoan what the government does or doesn't do for us. Capitalism is separate from the government, hence bemoaning the government should be filed in another thread. The only proper role of government is to protect citizens from harming one another, from businesses from harming citizens and from other countries harming its citizens. Everything else is left up to individuals and families.

This is a thread about CAPITALISM, please stay on topic.

btw: the governor of LA at the time of Hurricane Katrina wass a she. So it wasn't possible for 'him to go back on his word' unless you were mistaken about who was speaking. Also i've seen Ray Nagin speak about how inept, indecisive and non-committal the governor was about helping out the citizenry of New Orleans. So i think it unlikely that she said anything to the effect of helping out those affected by the ineptitude of the AC(I)E. Nor do i/would i believe anything the government said in general (unless Obama's talking about his track record).

Please, keep this thread about Capitalism. We can analyze the government's hipocracy, failure to deliver on promises and other bad things in another thread if you want.