When Congress passed Public Law 109-148, it sent about $11.5 billion to Gulf Coast states for Hurricane Katrina repairs. When it passed Public Law 109-234, it sent another $5.2 billion. (These numbers are from the lawsuit discussed below.) That’s a total of about $170 per U.S. family or $55 per person.
Total Hurricane [...]
I like to think that the cost estimates we publish on WashingtonWatch.com give people a little something they can use to figure out what matters in the world of Washington, D.C.
And, y’know, it’s rational to ignore a bill that doesn’t cost much, because there are bills that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars [...]
Big ol’ Hurricane Gustav is a reminder of Katrina, of course, and things have gone quite a bit differently – in part because of good preparation, but mostly because of luck.
When we were unlucky, we were really unlucky. The result was more than $800 per family in government spending. It’s something we featured [...]