Editor,
I am offended by Jessica Stanton's letter published in the Daily Lobo on Friday, though I don't live in New Orleans.
To look upon the poor of that city - many of whom can't move out due to their financial situation and cannot pay to renovate their homes or even afford the health care to fix their families - and suggest that the city is almost forgotten shows the attitude of so many in this country: "If it's broken, throw it away and get a new one."
It chills me to know that if I were one of the poor and unfortunate people who lack the wherewithal to seek resources and attain them, I would qualify as not worth saving. It is as sad as it can get. I fear for my family when left to the hearts of the uncaring.
While some people take the tack that nothing can be done, others will continue to donate money and time to the effort. Anyone with a television can see that the people left in New Orleans are working hard and, in some cases, 24/7 to rebuild and build better the city. They do not consider themselves disposable, and neither do I.
It is unfortunate that our government has done little to help. On this front, I feel Stanton is correct. In wartime, little will be done on the part of the government, but this is the time that we as human beings must lend a hand and not swear that the residents of New Orleans are a
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lost cause.
Nicole Gramlich
UNM student
