Washington Times
by Alan Reynolds

10/02/05

It's an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some good. That apparently applies to hurricanes. A recent Washington headline was, 'Lobbies line up for relief riches.' Of course they do. This is no surprise to those in the District of Corruption, where the worst government failures invariably become the best excuses for handing out billions more to special interests. In a remarkable 1972 book, 'Redistribution to the Rich and the Poor,' Kenneth Boulding and Martin Pfaff demonstrate political power is often used 'as an exploitive device leading to the transfer of income from the poor to the middle class, or from the middle class to the wealthy.' ... ' If we can keep our eyes wide open during strong political winds, the hurricanes might actually awaken more people to the sober realization that government 'solutions' are most often obscenely overpriced, ineffective and corrupt...

http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20051001-111841-2922r.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp