Louisiana's Katrina Recovery Fiasco - Who's Really Getting The Money?
The Louisiana Recovery program; called The Road Home Program, on the surface seems like a legitimate program that is designed to prevent fraud, waste and abuse. The perception of most Americans is that our federal government has given billions of dollars to the homeowners of Louisiana. The federal government did give billions to the State of Louisiana; and herein lays the problem. By giving the funds to the State of Louisiana, they provided an opportunity for those in state government in Louisiana to screw everything up.
If the checks were being disbursed by the federal government; as it is done with the IRS in the form of checks, it could have saved millions of taxpayer's dollars. ICF International; the company that was chosen to implement The Road Home Program, will be paid up to seven-hundred and fifty-six million dollars in order to prevent waste and fraud; can you believe it?
Find out the details http://www.parallelviewpublishing.com The book is titled "Louisiana's Katrina Recovery Fiasco: Who's Really Getting the Money? By Jeremiah Hensley amazon.com and all online book stores
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Jeremiah Hensley was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana; on the westbank side of the Mississippi River. After realizing that the so-called Road Home Program, was turning into a complete fiasco, he decided to write about what he discovered about the program. He is also the author of "Sky Dog: Lessons from Katrina, and Katrina That Bitch!: The Drama Continues, and many more books on a variety of subjects.
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