The Inflatable Pool Lounger

"I was just as surprised as anyone that the levies broke after being so good for so long," he says. "What are we paying taxes for if they ain't going to use it when we need it? We pay them so they can look us, not sure during an emergency like that." He and his family were forced to live out of their car on a pool lounger in New York City's Lower East Side while trying to escape Hurricane Katrina. The experience has made him think about how much government should help those who have been left vulnerable by natural disasters.