Rebuilding After Katrina

I saw this article over at the eyerocker's blog. Two hundred grand per head? Somehow, I think there's a better use for my tax dollars than rebuilding a big man-made sinkhole that's surrounded by water. I think a better solution would be to bulldoze (or carpet bomb!) everything below sea level, fill it in with silt and sand pumped in from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River, and build on top of that. Or, better yet... Don't use federal money to rebuild a location that's below sea level and surrounded by water.

Post your thoughts.