May I see your papers, please? Your papers? Papers, please.

Stinky The Clown

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Sun Sep-04-05 10:39 PM
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May I see your papers, please? Your papers? Papers, please.

So we have .... what ..... half a million Native-Born-All-American citizens displaced. After having fled for their lives with, quite literally, the clothes on their backs, and then after having been relocated to 'shelters' one or two or ten states away, how do they demonstrate who they are?

How do they apply for social services?

How do they register their kids for school?

How do they collect mail?

How do they cash checks?

How do they open bank accounts?

How do they apply for work?

How do they regain custody of their children?

How do they board an airplane to return home?

How do they move on?

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welshTerrier2

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Sun Sep-04-05 10:44 PM
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1. and all just in time ...

to enjoy all the benefits of the new bankruptcy law ...

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miss_kitty

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Sun Sep-04-05 10:46 PM
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2. Yeah that's a shiny new law

they'll have to go through credit school to file.

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Hershman

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Sun Sep-04-05 10:47 PM
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3. That works both ways

What's to stop them from making a new identity potentially.

but I figure MBNA will find a way to screw them again.

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Wheezy

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Sun Sep-04-05 10:51 PM
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4. From what I know about the shelter in Phoenix,

those who don't have any id are being issued ID cards.

The city will bus those arriving from the airport and each person will be issued an identification card, receive food, clothing, showers, a cot and medical attention, including psychological help and daily medications.

Families are expected to remain at the Coliseum until state agencies can find more permanent shelter and even homes for those who decide to stay and start over in Arizona. Arizona State University and Tucson offered to help take in families. Arizona's Department of Economic Security will also be on hand signing up people for food stamps and other needs. The estimated length of stay at the Coliseum ranges from weeks to months. The Red Cross is planning for the long haul, expecting some families to remain "for months," spokeswoman Jennifer Liewer said.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0904katrina-evacuees04.html

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