A chara, - The response to Hurricane Katrina clearly shows the priorities of Bush's "free-market" United States. Mostly poor people without transport or medical insurance were left to fend for themselves. The authorities seemed more concerned about desperate people taking food from shops than rescuing those who were dying on flooded streets or baking highways.
Meanwhile, oil companies are taking advantage of the tragedy by raising petrol prices. - Is mise,
DESSIE ELLIS,
Dunsink Road,
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Dublin 11.