60 Minutes (CBS) - 2005-09-04

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[0:06] Got to take care of our own.

[0:10] The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Negan, is

[0:12] on his way to take the measure of the

[0:13] misery in the worst American disaster in

[0:16] a 100red years.

[0:20] Most of his city has surrendered to the

[0:22] sea. The streets of the Big Easy are now

[0:24] subject to the tides of the Gulf of

[0:27] Mexico. Too many people died because of

[0:31] lack of action, lack of coordination,

[0:34] and some goofy laws. Bureaucracy.

[0:39] >> Bull crap

[0:42] when people are dying. Bureaucracy

[0:44] should be thrown out of the water.

[0:49] The oldest are barely out of college.

[0:51] The youngest still in grade school. And

[0:53] whether you call them echo boomers,

[0:55] generation Y, or millennials, they

[0:58] already make up nearly a third of the US

[1:00] population and spend $170 billion a year

[1:04] of theirs and their parents' money.

[1:06] Almost none of it on boring things like

[1:08] mortgages and medication.

[1:10] >> Have a good evening, you guys.

[1:11] >> And the world is falling all over itself

[1:13] trying to sell them things.

[1:15] >> Thank you.

[1:16] >> They've affected clothing. They've

[1:17] affected beverage. And now they're just

[1:19] about to affect car business.

[1:24] Thailand, an exotic vacation land known

[1:27] for its Buddhas, its beaches, its

[1:30] brothel. But how about going for hip

[1:33] surgery or a multiple bypass or a

[1:36] facelift? A growing number of Americans

[1:38] are doing just that, combining holidays

[1:41] with health care. This uninsured

[1:43] Louisiana man had a complicated

[1:45] quintuple bypass. This woman from Bend,

[1:48] Oregon, a bit of an eye lift. It turned

[1:51] out to be I mean it was just beyond my

[1:54] expectations.

[1:57] >> I'm Mike Wallace. I'm Mley Saer. I'm

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