Big government needs to get out of the way of conservative market based solutions to help Haitians recover from last weeks terrible earthquake. With tens of thousands dying, assistance from government will surely lead to more deaths by rationing food, water and healthcare.
We are taking our eye off of the ball by squandering military resources to provide fresh water and transport medical supplies to Haiti while terrorists plot to destroy our way of life. Assisting Haiti only demonstrates to the rest of the world that we are weak on fighting global terror. It will not be long before our President will be apologizing to every country in the world for the earthquake being America’s fault.
Why give a man a fishing pole when you can teach him to fish. What we should be doing is embracing the entrepreneurial spirit of the Haitian people and encourage them to start new businesses. Think of all of the exciting opportunities in Payday Lending, Risk Management and Sales. Instead of taking the ‘hand out’ of international relief, self respecting Haitians should go out and get a job and if they can’t find one then they aren’t looking hard enough. Instead of passing out water they should be passing out guns because guns save lives!
Nothing can be more helpful to Haiti then some tried and true market based solutions and here are some of my favorites:
1. Set up a "Haitian Commodities Exchange" where Haitians can trade water for food or food for medicine. Hold on to that penicillin because it may be worth water AND food tomorrow.
2. Let Walmart open a few factories in Haiti. Show those greedy Chinese children that if they don’t want to work for $.25 a day there are plenty of Haitians that will.
3. Cut Taxes for rich Americans. Eight years of supply-side economics and every conservative will tell you that nothing cures the more problems in the world more than cutting the taxes for wealthy Americans.
I apologize for the edge to my sarcasm but nothing upsets me more than conservative hypocrisy. Our government has an important place in our society and a important role in our lives. Government and government regulations clean our air, keep our water safe and preserve our land.
Also credit should be to every private relief effort religious and otherwise without which there would be much greater suffering. God Bless!