We all know it’s a bad idea for government to give people money for doing absolutely nothing, right? Speaking of nothing, there’s absolutely nothing shocking about this story.
They ought to give hurricane victims vouchers for food and supplies, I said to myself when I first heard about the $2000 debit cards. But George Bush was hurting for good press, so he allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give evacuees in Texas, in essence, cash.
Didn’t the bureaucrats know people would abuse FEMA’s “generosity?” Of course they knew. They just didn’t care. It made for a good sound bite, and that’s all that counts in a surface level, superficial, thought-police media culture. Even if most didn’t abuse the privilege, vouchers would’ve stopped the errant from buying items like liquor and cigarettes. The last time I checked, one needed food, water, and shelter — not alcohol, nicotine, and naked women — to survive.
Evacuees staying at Camp Edwards in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, smuggle in liquor, and when they aren’t doing that, they’re hanging out at Wal-Mart. Drinking. Good grief.
As a former imbiber myself, I can tell you that these on-the-taxpayers-dime drunks don’t care about rules, authority, responsibility, or personal dignity, so I’m surprised the stories coming out of the camp aren’t worse. Much worse.
Addendum: Before you people start jumping all over me for daring to express an opinion different than your own, read the post carefully before you comment.
