New Orleans: Deadly legacy of the welfare state
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger
09/07/05
Among the most tragic scenes in the Hurricane Katrina disaster was that of the thousands of poor people -- almost all of whom were African Americans -- who were stranded at the New Orleans Superdome and Convention Center, desperately waiting for the federal government to come and save them. Why were they stuck there when thousands of others had already left the city? Because they were too poor to save themselves from death and disaster. They lacked the money to drive out of town and get a motel room for a few days before the hurricane struck...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0509a.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Jacob G. Hornberger
09/07/05
Among the most tragic scenes in the Hurricane Katrina disaster was that of the thousands of poor people -- almost all of whom were African Americans -- who were stranded at the New Orleans Superdome and Convention Center, desperately waiting for the federal government to come and save them. Why were they stuck there when thousands of others had already left the city? Because they were too poor to save themselves from death and disaster. They lacked the money to drive out of town and get a motel room for a few days before the hurricane struck...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0509a.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 8. Sep, 10:43
