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September 12, 2005
$2,000 Debit Cards For Katrina Victims Not Such A Hot Idea
Topics:Have you wondered why FEMA changed it's mind about issuing those debit cards? This may not be 'spoken' reason but it's got to be one of the reasons. From Say Anything via Jawa Report:
New York Daily News - Profiteering ghouls have been using debit cards distributed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - intended to buy essentials for evacuated families - in luxury-goods stores as far away as Atlanta.Don't you think that having perspective recipients fill out information on FEMA's Web site to receive direct bank deposits sounds like a much better idea?"We've seen three of the cards," said a senior employee of the Louis Vuitton store at the Lenox Square Mall in affluent Buckhead, who asked not to be named. "Two I'm certain have purchased; one actually asked if she could use it in the store. This has been since Saturday."
The distinctive white cards were distributed by the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and carry a value of up to $2,000.
"It doesn't say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it," the store employee told me. "There's nothing legally that prevents us from taking it, unfortunately. Other than morally, it's wrong."
The source told me that the two women who had made purchases with the card each bought a signature monogrammed Louis Vuitton handbag in the $800 range.
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Posted by Richard at September 12, 2005 1:29 PM
it never ceases to amaze me... who in their right mind would ever think it was a good idea to give these parasites of society actual money.. they should be given nothing except food,water, and clothing... this type of thing just goes to show you what kind of people that these welfare leeches from new orleans really are... just think of all the good people, hard working american taxpayers, that have actually gone out of their way to help these parasites of society... and look what they have done with that charity.
Posted by: OUTRAGED at September 16, 2005 11:01 AM
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