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procon

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3. They did the same thing after Katrina, shipped out all the poor people

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 11:24 PM

Nov 2017

who lost their homes and resettled them all over the country. Most of them never returned to Louisiana, but the corporate investors sure did. They bought up the abandoned property for pennies on the dollar and built luxury hotels for the tourism trade, a new business center, theaters, a convention center, restaurants, grand homes for those who could afford them.

Corporate investors could do the same thing in Puerto Rico.

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FEMA offers to airlift Puerto Ricans to mainland U.S. [View all] Eugene Nov 2017 OP

Better Late Than Never? dlk Nov 2017 #1

The storm was over a month ago !! C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #2

They did the same thing after Katrina, shipped out all the poor people procon Nov 2017 #3