Ironically, the best proof of this view is not the response to the hurricane effects, but the stagnant economic policies of liberals that Republicans have not fought with enough vigor. Government support of labor unions; prior federal failure to address declining education; tolerance of restrictive trade policies and ag subsidies that retarded trade through the port of New Orleans; government programs that give incentives for being the lass and less efficient: these are the probelsm that kept down the poor in New Orleans. They are also the fundamental planks of the democratic party.
In a well-known example. Louisiana ranks 50th in quality of medical care, but first in Medicare spending. As one of the five worst state courts for business and a generally unfriendly atmoshpere for commerce, no wonder the unemployment rate in the state has averaged a quarter-point higher than the nation's since 2003. And I'm guessing New Orleans was far worse than the state average.
These are the policies that keep the poor oppressed. These hurt the disadvantaged the most and decrease th echances for the poor to start the ladder out of poverty. It's not an economic problem distanced from everyday life; it's a deeply moral problem furthered (actually, not furthered but created) but what liberalism has become. And in a slap in the face to the peopel they claim to help, liberals will use Hurricane Katrina's aftermath to advocate for more of the same (or worse).
More to come.
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