Katrina is very much a business for many...it is a way for select individuals and companies to exploit and capitalize on all the taxpayer's who funded the rebuilding project(s). This works just like many other tax-funded governement operations and projects. Take subsidized housing for instance...this doesn't apply to all, but most...you are paying taxes into a system that pays rent so a lazy fat sack can sit at home and watch TV on a new plasma while complaining about being dealt a dirty hand in life. Rather than complain about it, you can understand it, join it, and work the system. Buy a few low-income houses and get back your taxes 10-fold.