Rockey Vaccarella, the Republican activist who drove a "replica" of a FEMA trailer from New Orleans to Washington for a carefully staged photo-op, said victims of Hurricane Katrina should be "happy with what they got."
Looking at the numbers, they didn't get much.
* Less than half of the city's pre-storm population of 460,000 has returned, putting the population at roughly what it was in 1880.
* Nearly a third of the trash has yet to be picked up.
* Sixty percent of homes still lack electricity.
* Seventeen percent of the buses are operational.
* Half of the physicians have left, and there is a shortage of 1,000 nurses.
* Six of the nine hospitals remain closed.
* Sixty-six percent of public schools have reopened.
* A 40 percent hike in rental rates, disproportionately affecting black and low-income families.
* A 300 percent increase in the suicide rate
Looking at the numbers, they didn't get much.
* Less than half of the city's pre-storm population of 460,000 has returned, putting the population at roughly what it was in 1880.
* Nearly a third of the trash has yet to be picked up.
* Sixty percent of homes still lack electricity.
* Seventeen percent of the buses are operational.
* Half of the physicians have left, and there is a shortage of 1,000 nurses.
* Six of the nine hospitals remain closed.
* Sixty-six percent of public schools have reopened.
* A 40 percent hike in rental rates, disproportionately affecting black and low-income families.
* A 300 percent increase in the suicide rate
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