Friday, September 02, 2005
Krugman, to the point.
From the NYT today.
Amazing how that happens.
Addendum: CNN has a compilation of official statements from noted estate planner and FEMA head Michael Brown offset by actual reports from the scene in New Orleans.
At a fundamental level, I'd argue, our current leaders just aren't serious about some of the essential functions of government. They like waging war, but they don't like providing security, rescuing those in need or spending on preventive measures. And they never, ever ask for shared sacrifice.And somehow all the promised relief shows up at the same time as Our Dear Embattled Leader.
Yesterday Mr. Bush made an utterly fantastic claim: that nobody expected the breach of the levees. In fact, there had been repeated warnings about exactly that risk.
So America, once famous for its can-do attitude, now has a can't-do government that makes excuses instead of doing its job. And while it makes those excuses, Americans are dying.
Amazing how that happens.
Addendum: CNN has a compilation of official statements from noted estate planner and FEMA head Michael Brown offset by actual reports from the scene in New Orleans.
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