Well, yeah, but the middle class folks whose houses are filled to the 2nd story windows with sewage didn't have much say in whether their government would be prepared for a hurricane either, and it's not as if it hasn't been a bummer for them. Bear in mind LA and in particular New Orleans are corrupt on a scale peered only by Baltimore and Washington DC.
I'd hate to lose every friggin' thing I own and have to find work in another city that, frankly, is 100% likely to get tired of looking at me and my fellow "displacees" after the honeymoon wears off. It sucks all around, but of course it sucks more if you're poor. Which is the point. It always sucks more if you're poor.