Cityskier wrote:
And yes, this corruption is minute compared to your tax dollas being funneled to all the big wigs running the show in this country.
This reminds me of a quote by 'Danny Dalton' (Tim Blake Nelson) in 'Syriana' ...
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. That's Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel Prize. We have laws against it precisely so we can get away with it. Corruption is our protection. Corruption keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why you and I are prancing around in here instead of fighting over scraps of meat out in the streets. Corruption is why we win.
No pun intended
cityskier wrote:I love you self-righteous fukcs who pass judgement on those who just lost all their worldly posessions and went through an ordeal we're lucky enough not to be able to comprehend.
Yes, human nature led to some abuse of this program. Yes, it could have been run better.
And yes, this corruption is minute compared to your tax dollas being funneled to all the big wigs running the show in this country.
See: Big Dig (Bechtel); Iraq reconstruction (Halliburton, KBR, Bechtel, among others)
I'm all for being apalled by waste, but your selectivity on the subject is disgusting.
I'm apalled by no-bid contracts. Not by humanitarian efforts dealing with a disaster of unprecedented scale that didn't work out ideally.
You don't think there were any no-bid contract for Katrina on behalf of FEMA? Is a no-bid contract 'OK' when it's for humanitarian efforts?
edit: Of course neither I nor Dr. made any referance to Iraq/Boston in this post. You didn't even give us a chance to comment on that matter. I simply made a comment and elaborated on what I meant ... an elaboration that I think we all agree with ... at least it would have put controls on the system.
Do you think I'm a 'self-righteous fukc' because of my plan that implements control on the money? Or do you resort to childish name-calling when you don't want to agree that my method would have been better and reduce corruption? Maybe you cane explain what you meant ... ?
Just because corruption is 'minute' doesn't make it 'OK' as you seem to state.