New Orleans and America's dirty secret

The shocking, apocalyptic images coming out of New Orleans have had the side-effect of casting light on the secret underclass of American society. Many of us have heard before about the poor in America but never has there been such compelling evidence of the dirty secret America's media does its best to ignore. Apparently, 104,000 New Orleans citizens have no vehicle – and thus had no way to escape Katrina's deluge.

Why was nothing done to help these people? Perhaps the reason is that politicians don't value them in any real way. I think it's because they're poor and they have no value when it comes to photocalls or televised debates.

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September 1, 2005 | Politics 

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