Saturday, September 17
If poor people could be trusted with money
they wouldn't be poor in the first place...
"On the heels of a report earlier this week that Atlanta area Katrina victims were using $2,000 debit cards to purchase luxury items like Louis Vuitton handbags, Houston police yesterday discovered the cards, provided by FEMA and the Red Cross, being used at local strip clubs."
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"Meanwhile, in Memphis, Tenn., residents told News Channel 3 they saw Hurricane Katrina survivors purchase designer jeans, high heels and purses with their $2,000 emergency debit cards. According to the report, one Katrina victim was spotted at a Cordova clothier buying stacks of $65 designer jeans. Another viewer reported spotting a survivor buying 'over $700 in high heel shoes and purses' at a Memphis department store 'while (her) younger children, most of them looked under the age of 3, looked like they haven't showered in weeks.'
"'If they make an inappropriate decision as to what to purchase, the whole issue of victims' rights comes into play,' said Bill Hildebrandt, chief executive officer of the Mid-South chapter of the Red Cross. 'They have a right, I guess, to be inappropriate.'"
"On the heels of a report earlier this week that Atlanta area Katrina victims were using $2,000 debit cards to purchase luxury items like Louis Vuitton handbags, Houston police yesterday discovered the cards, provided by FEMA and the Red Cross, being used at local strip clubs."
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"Meanwhile, in Memphis, Tenn., residents told News Channel 3 they saw Hurricane Katrina survivors purchase designer jeans, high heels and purses with their $2,000 emergency debit cards. According to the report, one Katrina victim was spotted at a Cordova clothier buying stacks of $65 designer jeans. Another viewer reported spotting a survivor buying 'over $700 in high heel shoes and purses' at a Memphis department store 'while (her) younger children, most of them looked under the age of 3, looked like they haven't showered in weeks.'
"'If they make an inappropriate decision as to what to purchase, the whole issue of victims' rights comes into play,' said Bill Hildebrandt, chief executive officer of the Mid-South chapter of the Red Cross. 'They have a right, I guess, to be inappropriate.'"
