Progressive Minds

In just a matter of days, this nation will mark the one year anniversary of perhaps the most devasting natural disaster to hit U.S. soil: Hurricane Katrina.

And according to an Associated Press article, many of the government's promises made in the aftermath of Katrina, have gone unfulfilled.

A few examples from the AP article, of the government's largely unkept promises:

The job of clearing debris left by the storm remains unfinished, and has been plagued by accusations of fraud and price gouging. Tens of thousands of families still live in trailers or mobile homes, with no indication of when or how they will be able to obtain permanent housing. Important decisions about rebuilding and improving flood defenses have been delayed. And little if anything has been done to ensure the welfare of the poor in a rebuilt New Orleans.

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POVERTY: Bush offered three proposals in Jackson Square to help combat poverty around the Gulf Coast region. Two of them never went anywhere — the creation of "worker recovery accounts" that would help evacuees find work by paying for school, job training or child care while they looked for employment, and an Urban Homesteading Act that would give poor people building sites for new homes that they would either finance themselves or obtain through programs such as Habitat for Humanity.

Gov't fulfills few Katrina promises