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March 27, 2007
National Disgrace
How the government is failing Katrina victims. - By Blake Bailey - Slate Magazine
We could, if we wished, make every Katrina survivor whole again. We chose not to. We could, if we wished, rebuild all the destroyed houses gratis; a way of apologizing for our utter failure to accurately and adequately protect Americans lives and property. We chose not to...
Instead we have chosen to dangle the "promise" of care and help before the people we failed to protect. Never mind compassion, simple good governance would dictate that we fully staff any agencies we create. Instead we've chosen to pay only lip service to the idea of making good on our error. These are policy choices made by the government of the United States of America, on behalf of her citizens. If you're an American, you own 1/300 millionth of this continuing disaster. We need to ensure that we only vote for politicians who understand their duties...
Posted by Andrew at March 27, 2007 10:10 PM
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