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People do not understand politics. They don't understand that bitching at the President does not help. They don't understand that each and every single actual decision is made by the Congress and that the President's actual role is to sign or not sign.
The absolutely frightening problem here is not that President Bush isn't helping black people, it's that President Bush CAN'T help these POOR people. It doesn't matter if you're black or white, so long as you're poor. And this cannot be Bush's fault completely.
The matter of the fact is that they if they were to evacutate these low income, penurious people, where would they evacuate to? Other states? Let me tell you right now that no actual statesman wants a bunch of poor people in their backyards. They WILL only be a burden on them. A long term heavy burden if the evacuees decide not to leave.
At this point, while the Congressmen themselves maybe sympathetic to the cause of helping these people, the brilliant thought that "MAYBE, just MAYBE they would go to some other state" is ringing in their minds.
When you're a politician, especially at a time like this, you never win. You will lose one way or another. You let the people evacuate into your region and your regional economy is devastated by the influx of unskilled workers. People will at first welcome them but then bitch at you for poverty, then in the next election campaign your opponent will blame you for the poor economic welfare. You deny entry to these people and the people will find you heartless and your opponent will definitely use it against you.
This is one of the greatest problems in politics. When you cannot satisfy everyone, your flaws will be used against you. This leads to politicians knowing that the only way to "win" is to give into where the money is.