New Orleans catastrophe down to privatisation
What we are witnessing in New Orleans is nothing less than the abject
failure of government at the one task it is supposed to do, deal with
problems too big for private enterprise to handle. We pay taxes, we
follow rules, and get things that we normally would not do for
ourselves in return. It is a social contract, and in the wake of
hurricane Katrina, it was a worthless piece of paper.
This article nails the issue I raised in "MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER" lower
down. Bush gutted flood control to pay for his illegal war. What else
has he cut short that we may find we need in an emergency?
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25956
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