FEMA to the Rescue - With $2000 Debit Cards (from my account)
by Jim Rutter
Let's now salute the dumbest idea in wealth redistribution in our (or any) nation's history.
FEMA announced yesterday that as part of the 'massive recovery' aid program to victims of Hurricane Katrina, they were going to issue government credited debit cards to the tune of two-thousand dollars per person. Just to, you know, help them get by. Of course, the press-release contained the 'rational-person' terms of use for these early Xmas presents that they'd ostensibly get used for food, new clothes, transportation (what do you call those big fan-boats they use on the bayou?), and other 'necessities' that would help the victims of the worst natural disaster get back on its feet.