The Chronicle editorial idealists certainly are the pessimistic bunch:
Unfortunately, many of the 15,000 sites FEMA has identified are miles away from New Orleans.
Many are located far from schools, stores and work centers, and many evacuees have no car. Without access to jobs and transportation, these campgrounds could turn into massive slums full of hopeless people dependent on the government for every basic need, from food to health care.
What! The editorial idealists are now rejecting the full-blown welfare state as undesirable? That’s shocking.
In all seriousness, the suggestion that Tom Kirkendall pointed to earlier (direct financial aid to the recipients, as opposed to government pork-barrel “redevelopment” boondoggles) would be far preferable. Since the Chronicle has rejected the big-government, welfare-statist approach, we welcome its endorsement of the more radically capitalistic approach that Kirkendall noted.
