Central Planning doesn't work. If it did, why isn't the Soviet Union still around? Centrally planned U.S. programs fail as well, and fail miserably. The government's levees weren't strong enough, so New Orleans got hammered by Katrina. Then, they botched the rescue and cleanup effort.
"FEMA turned away generators needed by hospitals, refused Amtrak's offer to evacuate victims, and didn't return calls from the American Bus Association. Sheriff Dennis Randle of Carroll County, Indiana, had a team ready to help, but was never able to navigate FEMA's approval process to enter New Orleans. FEMA failures caused millions of pounds of ice to be shipped mistakenly to Maine and Arizona, and firefighters and rescue squads to be sent to areas where they were of little help. A mobile communications unit with a chartered plane sat in Germany for nine days because FEMA didn't return its calls." Read the full article here.
More government, anyone? After all, it's only your money and your life.
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