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If there is any silver lining in the black storm cloud that is hurricane Sandy it is that we got to look in to the abyss and imagine what a Romney / Free market inspired disaster effort would look like.
Rampant price gouging, an ineffective government. Charities like the Red Cross and Salvation Army pushed to their limits. And too many Americans basic nutrition, sanitation and shelter needs going unmet. In other words hurricane Katrina on steroids.
When you juxtapose Mitt Romney’s statements in the Republican presidential primary, imagery of hurricane Sandy’s impact on the east coast and the American people’s collective memory of the national tragedy that was hurricane Katrina you get a perfect storm of clarity. And Just one more example of how Romney’s overall policies would be incompatible with not only logic but American values in general. The “U” in the United States of America still means united. No matter how much the Right tries to sell you on this rugged individualism fantasy that as you start to peel away the layers looks more predatory then Utopian.
Now what I’m not saying is that every corporation is evil and wicked. But corporations exist to turn a profit. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But that’s where the government steps in. To hopefully do the right thing even when it is unpopular or unprofitable. Sometimes they get it wrong. But we as a people can always hit the “reset” switch in the ballot box and try again. But you will find no such mercy within the confines of a oligopoly run by plutocrats. But if we don’t see the Right and the Tea Party’s free market solution as what it is. No solution at all. Then when the next hurricane hits your only option may be to take your copies of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead (one under each arm) and try and stay afloat.
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