tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post7571601465446476882..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #13024Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-3931174512827674522013-01-24T20:49:11.611-06:002013-01-24T20:49:11.611-06:00Re "Asked and Obvious". Not everything ...Re "Asked and Obvious". Not everything will be rebuilt but lots of stuff that shouldn't be will. The thing is, "reconstruction" is often driven by patronage via the local congressman. This form of feeding at the Government trough is exactly how things operate at the local level - and have operated for several generations. In my neck of the woods there is a "flood control" project (aka decades-long pork barrel project) funded by the Army Corp of Engineers. It would've been FAR cheaper to simply buy-out the entire TOWN where land repeatedly floods but that wouldn't dump money into the hands of the local construction firms who also happen to support their zillion-term congressman (a fine anti-big government Republican by the way).kwarknoreply@blogger.com