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Originally Posted by Salomon
Right. But charities aren't enough are they. They are not equipped to do the heavy lifting. And New Orleans would NEVER recover. Without the help of the Federal government, New Orleans would be gone forever.
How was it demonstrated here? You mean the looting, sniping, raping, and general mayhem? How could the citizens have provided law & order across the city? How could the citizens have brought in food and water for tens of thousands of people? How could the citizens repair the levees?
This is a prime example of why Libertarianism is an obsolete political philosophy.
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You're correct that charities are not enough to do the heavy lifting, and that's where the state and federal government should come in. State governments do have the authority to call up the troops from what I understand.
The government tells thousands of people to go to the Superdome and they lock them up there for 3 days without food or water. Meanwhile FEMA tells the Red Cross they cannot distribute provisions. Look at who caused the escalation in violence, raping and mayhem. FEMA did nothing but get in the way of the relief effort.
I guess my point is who are the heros in this situation? Is it the feds who are paid BILLIONS of dollars to take care of this exact scenario and failed miserably? Is it the police who turned in their badges or simply joined in the looting. Or is it charties, health care volunteers, churches, the people of Baton Rouge, Houston, and other cities who are receiving refuges with open arms?
I would venture to say the real relief effort came from the citizens of the United States and not the Federal Goverment. Libertarian ideas did not fail in this situation, the belief that a powerful government can save you from disaster did fail.