Do You Like How Your Katrina Money is Being Spent?
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 [...]