was. That decision, however, should be tempered by the fact that the "Big Easy" facade of the city rested on hidden pillars of poverty and neglect of thousands of its inhabitants.

In addition, the senator not only seeks billions for reconstruction but has tossed in the notion that funds should be provided for health insurance for a million Louisiana residents whose employers are either gone or dropping their coverage.

Aren't 44 million Americans elsewhere also without coverage for health care? That $250 billion that the Louisiana congressional delegation has asked taxpayers to contribute toward rebuilding the state would buy a lot of life-saving treatments for all our uninsured.

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