Foundation for Economic Education
by Becky Akers

09/07/05

We already know government doesn't want anyone competing with its everyday functions, but apparently it harbors the same hostility towards competition in emergency relief work. Given the agony in New Orleans after the levees broke, and the state's utter inability to help in even the most elemental ways, you might think folks rushing to the victims' aid would be welcomed. But agencies from the Red Cross to the Canadian government tell a different story...

http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=7176


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp