The Feds are still slow to move

Both FEMA and the SBA are not moving fast enough to help the victims of Katrina. Seven weeks after the storm here are some instances of their slow movement.

• FEMA has ordered hundreds of thousand of trailer homes, but only house families in 10,200 of them.
• FEMA has given shelter to 15,420 families, but the Red Cross is housing 625,000 people in hotels.
• SBA has received more than 116,000 applications and has approved 1700, most to homeowners not business people. The B in SBA stands for Business.
• Of the 5800 business loan applications made in Louisiana 22 have been approved.
• SBA has actually paid money to 146 people.