Comments on: Libertarian Response… http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:49:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Lex http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-845 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:32:41 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-845 If New Orleans had been privately owned, it would have had its own security force, and the levees probably wouldn't have been left in a state insufficient to protect it from an all-too-likely Cat 4 hurricane. If damages weren't minimized, and loss of life resulted from negligence in organizing a rescue, the owners would be subject to huge lawsuits. If people weren't forced to support a monopoly government based on where they live, and could join their own governing organizations, the various local and state governing organizations would cooperate in rescue and security operations, while focusing on saving their own members. All that is pure theory, though. In the system we have, delays in the government (at all levels) organizing rescue operations are unconscionable. Cutting funding to prevent one of the three most likely major disasters (as recognized by the government itself), in order to fund a war of aggression, should be considered a crime. If New Orleans had been privately owned, it would have had its own security force, and the levees probably wouldn’t have been left in a state insufficient to protect it from an all-too-likely Cat 4 hurricane. If damages weren’t minimized, and loss of life resulted from negligence in organizing a rescue, the owners would be subject to huge lawsuits.

If people weren’t forced to support a monopoly government based on where they live, and could join their own governing organizations, the various local and state governing organizations would cooperate in rescue and security operations, while focusing on saving their own members.

All that is pure theory, though. In the system we have, delays in the government (at all levels) organizing rescue operations are unconscionable. Cutting funding to prevent one of the three most likely major disasters (as recognized by the government itself), in order to fund a war of aggression, should be considered a crime.

]]> by: Big Sexy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-841 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:37:10 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-841 I liked to see how the Red Cross would deal with the armed looters, and the broken levees. You need Guardsmen(Miltia) and Army Engineers. Unless somebody out there has a private army(with about 200 helicopters), the U.S. Goverment needs to be involved. I liked to see how the Red Cross would deal with the armed looters, and the broken levees. You need Guardsmen(Miltia) and Army Engineers. Unless somebody out there has a private army(with about 200 helicopters), the U.S. Goverment needs to be involved.

]]> by: joe average http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-832 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:23:11 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-832 the red cross is private. they are extremely qualified, along with a great many other religious/charitable organizations, to handle the effort. they merely need to let the feds get out of the way so they can do their job. the red cross is private. they are extremely qualified, along with a great many other religious/charitable organizations, to handle the effort. they merely need to let the feds get out of the way so they can do their job.

]]> by: Crunk http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-830 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:50:09 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-830 The LP response should be interesting...I'd like to see a free-market response to a Cat 4 hurricane. :-/ The LP response should be interesting…I’d like to see a free-market response to a Cat 4 hurricane. :-/

]]> by: Tony Torres http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-829 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:08:29 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/09/06/libertarian-response/#comment-829 I just spoke with someone at national who explained to me that the delay in the LP reaction was simply due to the fact that a lot of the (already small) staff was off last week. Shane Cory is on top of it and there should be more on Katrina up shortly. I just spoke with someone at national who explained to me that the delay in the LP reaction was simply due to the fact that a lot of the (already small) staff was off last week. Shane Cory is on top of it and there should be more on Katrina up shortly.

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