Stupid Lawsuit of the Day

This one has to be seen to be believed.

Hurricane Katrina’s victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.

The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.

Of the total number of claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.

Considering how many billions of dollars of fraud and corruption that went on with FEMA money, I’d say this is a frivolous lawsuit. Scammers ripped off the government and now some of the same people (most likely) want to sue the government? Brilliant!

Yeah, a lot of real suffering has happened in New Orleans, and continues to go on. But the local and state governments have a lot of the blame there. As first responders, they failed to do their duty. Making the problems that much worse. The federal government isn’t designed to magically make people’s lives better. Considering how many billions have been sunk into New Orleans, I’d say they’re doing what they can. Especially when you consider how many crooks are stealing a lot of that money that should go to people who deserve it.

Yes, there is a lot of needless hardship going on. But it’s the system and the people who are at fault. Until corruption is weeded out of government at all levels, and crooks stop taking advantage of disasters, this is all par for the course. 

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