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Carnival Cruise Lines Cashes in with FEMA

By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Wed Sep 28, 2005 at 04:07:25 AM EST
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by Last Night in Little Rock

In FEMA's haste to play catch-up and provide housing in New Orleans, it contracted with Carnival Cruise Lines for three ships for six months, and did the deal overnight, as reported in today's Washington Post.

The problem with the deal with Carnival was a $236M no-bid contract that effectively paid Carnival twice the per person cost of a cruise, with full crew and entertainment, and the ships never leave port. Yet, the ships are only half occupied, so Carnival reaps even greater profits. Do the math: that's four times the cost of a cruise. Without a full crew, the profit is even greater.

Makes me wonder if anybody at Carnival was a big Republican supporter, or were they just incredibly lucky?

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    Re: Carnival Cruise Lines Cashes in with FEMA (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:24 PM EST
    No need to wonder.
    the Cruise Industry Community Fund -- gave $500,000 to the Republican Party of Florida. The industry thus became the party's single biggest donor for the year.
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