FEE Today

Today I'm just going to post the entire "In brief" mailing from the Foundation for Economic Education:

Guns Seized in New Orleans
9/9/05
"Local police officers began confiscating weapons from civilians in preparation for a forced evacuation of the last holdouts still living here, as President Bush steeled the nation for the grisly scenes of recovering the dead that will unfold in coming days." (New York Times, Friday)

Individuals rights are the first thing to go.

FEE Timely Classic
"Rights Without Exceptions" by Jeff Snyder

FEMA Riddled with Patronage
9/9/05
"Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks." (Washington Post, Friday)

To the victor go the spoils.

FEE Timely Classic
"An Aristocracy of Pull?" by Thomas M. Wilson

President Signs Hurricane-Aid Bill
9/9/05
"President Bush vowed to stand by evacuees displaced by Hurricane Katrina "for the long haul" and warned lawmakers, who have already poured more than $62 billion into the devastated Gulf Coast, that they'll need to spend even more." (Yahoo News, Friday)

Constitution? What Constitution?

FEE Timely Classic
"Saying No to Federal Disaster Relief" by William B. Irvine