Not sure if I understand your point either, Econ101. You seem to be advocating that the people (I like Mike's term better - natives) should be able to choose whether they want to live in a trailer or not. They chose not to, and now you're griping about that. Didn't you say they deserved a choice? :shock: Huhhh???
Econ: I'm not griping about that.
I agree that the trailers sitting at an airport in Arkansas is a huge waste of money, but what should the government have done? They catch hell for being unprepared, now you want to give them hell for being prepared. Did you think they should offer trailers on a build-to-order basis and have them ready to move into the next day? Give others a new brick home if that was their choice? Don't they deserve a choice? :shock: Huhhh???
Econ: The choice to buy all those trailers was obviously the wrong one. The govt. made that choice and should be held accountable for that choice, no one else. The govt. could have done a better job pre hurricane to sort out insurance policies and make sure the policies did cover all the damage from a hurricane, not just excuses of why not after a hurricane.
Some people just find it easier to blame the government for everything instead of accepting personal responsibility. Others seem to think that it's okay not to assign personal repsonsibility to those that won't accept it. Instead just blame the government for everything wrong.
Econ: Sometimes when the govt. doesn't enforce the rules of the game, or do its part (levees, infrastructure, FEMA duties, general competence) the government needs to change. All critisizing needs to have that in mind. I am NOT in favor of having such a huge federal government with no oversight or accountability. Neither should you. It is our money, you know.
Econ101, maybe you should have given the "natives" another choice. You should have opened up Econ's home and let LaDerrick, DaMarcus, Shaquita and Kendricka and their combined total of 19 kids crash at yo crib until they found what they really wanted. Didn't you say they deserve a choice? :lol: