The NYT runs a piece by David Rosenbaum that raises fundamental questions about federal disaster aid. The hook is the soaring number of these disasters and the way they are used politically: “Mr. Bush’s total for the year could approach the record of 75 disasters declared by President Clinton in 1996, his re-election year.”
Before mentioning many of the problems associated with the programs, Rosenbaum assures his readers that “Even the most ardent libertarians do not hold that the federal government should offer no help when communities are devastated.”
Oh yeah? Here is Murray Rothbard on the topic.
