When Congress insisted on doling out money to the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, most Conservatives said that it was setting a bad precedent. The next thing you know, everyone who's ever a victim of something will want to stick their hands into the federal money pit. Well, now the NAACP is calling for victims of Hurricane Katrina to be financially compensated.

"When congress returns tomorrow, the first order of business should be to set up this fund to help hurricane victims get back on their feet," said [Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]. "You got people who lost their jobs, homes and had all of their assets depleted. In some cases, families lost their bread winner. If the victims of 911 deserved compensation, and they did, then certainly these victims deserve no less to help restart their lives."

[snarky]This is just like when the NAACP asked for money last year when 4 hurricanes hit Florida and displaced all those old white people. And when the earthquake/fires/mudslides hit California, the NAACP was right there calling for reparations.[/snarky]

And naturally, the imperial federal government has already whipped out a teat for the entitlement crowd to suckle on. Hurricane victims will receive $2000 debit cards, courtesy of the American taxpayer. With hundreds of thousands of households impacted by the hurricane, this amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars. And just where did they pull that $2000 number from?