ngreen
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Anyone interested in the FEMA trailers might find this interesting
http://www.jonesborosun.com/editorial.php
The article states there are over 111,000 trailers stored by FEMA costing over $1 million a month.
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cableguy574
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STINGRAYRVMAN
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I've been seeing this lately. I think the add says that FEMA spends 1 mill on storing just the 19,604 units at Hope Arkanas that doesn't include the other 90,000 units parked elsewhere. Lets see 111,000 units times a low estimate of the cost on those would be $17,000. Thats almost 1.9 billion before you start counting how much it costs to store them each month. Makes you want to run right out and pay your taxes doesn't it?
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wny_pat
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Are they not going to need them for the flood victims? I would not take one, keep thinking about the guy who got shot because he would not give it back cause he had no place to go.
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javaseuf
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 Not another FEMA thread!!
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squaredancer
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Ahhhh ! Yes ! Our tax dollars at work.
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D & M
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cableguy574 wrote:Link
This is a link to an article about Baby boomers need cure for Medicare fee issue
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If it's listed in the Yellow Pages, the government shouldn't be messing around with it.
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portablevcb
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Wow. Complaints when there are not enough trailers to go around in a disaster. Complaints about new trailers cause they have formaldahyde. Complaints about storing them for the next disaster. Next will be complaints that 'victims' have to live in a 'used' trailer.
I guess the only thing we're missing is the cost of the explosives that were used on the levee in New Orleans
Someone have a solution or is this just complaining?
My take from this would be to find some land and bid on the contract for storing the trailers
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OleRVer
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portablevcb wrote:Wow. Complaints when there are not enough trailers to go around in a disaster. Complaints about new trailers cause they have formaldahyde. Complaints about storing them for the next disaster. Next will be complaints that 'victims' have to live in a 'used' trailer.
I guess the only thing we're missing is the cost of the explosives that were used on the levee in New Orleans
Someone have a solution or is this just complaining?
My take from this would be to find some land and bid on the contract for storing the trailers
Double Ditto........If I need one someday here in sunny hurricane riddled Florida, I don't think I will complain...because our tax dollars were spent with some forthought regarding a catastrophie.....a nessasary evil to store them so they will be ready when needed........got a better idea? complain complain.....
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~DJ~
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Why aren't they taking those trailers up to Ohio??
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