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"The mayor of New Orleans says the city has to lay off as many as 3,000 workers.

Mayor Ray Nagin says he's worked for weeks to try to find the financing that would allow him to keep the city workers on the payroll. But he says in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, that isn't possible."

Let's be honest, he was wanting to keep them on the payroll even though they are probably not working, have not worked in weeks, and will not be able to do anything for the next couple of months or maybe even longer. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of them were simply bureaucratc paper pushers.

Remember, there is no right in the Constitution or anywhere that says you have a right to a job or to be paid for doing anything. This is just a different type of welfare.

If these are indeed genuine bureaucratic paper pushes then we should see an upsurge in general productivity.