tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794851864988490752.post1681100629106347692..comments2023-08-16T08:39:11.540-04:00Comments on Sprizouse: Wal-Mart vs. FEMASprizousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06764449113845175440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794851864988490752.post-57803277422713380282009-09-02T23:45:31.050-04:002009-09-02T23:45:31.050-04:00Sorry it took me so long! Excellent entry, I may s...Sorry it took me so long! Excellent entry, I may say, and it's not just "groupie talk". ^_^ You've touched very sensitive points here, which apply not only to the Bush administration or the "crisis" matter, but which you can see around the world. In Costa Rica several politicians have worked hard to put the wrong kind of people in very strategical sectors controlled (back then) by the Government, such as education, health, infrastructure development, telecommunications, insurance and even brought laws and resolutions that crippled them, only to then point at these institutions and say: "Aha! They are being inefficient! Let's replace it with the private sector!"<br /><br />The selling of state owned banks and isntitutions that not only work fine but are very profitable because "you can get more money from selling the profitable than selling the broken one", it just can't stop make you thinking which is the business they are really after.<br /><br />I'm missing your entries!Storm Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01003995788897827115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794851864988490752.post-67380798719732171452008-12-10T20:26:00.000-05:002008-12-10T20:26:00.000-05:00Well thanks for putting words in my mouth. As a m...Well thanks for putting words in my mouth. As a matter of fact, I agree completely with your criticisms of the corporatism displayed by the Bush administration in its attempts to "rebuild" New Orleans. You'd know that if you'd actually read my piece on the current crisis and seen my opposition to the bailouts there (not to mention my essay at Cato Unbound complaining about corporatism).<BR/><BR/>Second, that you think my study argues for turning everything over to Wal-Mart further shows that you don't read very carefully. Read it again and check the recommendations at the end, all of which indeed suggest a larger role for the private sector, but within the larger context of reforming the political processes that will inevitably guide disaster relief. I even recommend a reform for FEMA, namely getting it out of DHS.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I'm a libertarian not a conservative, which you'd also know if you read things more carefully, rather than seeing what you want to see to make your own left-wing talking points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com