Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

October 30, 2012

With New York City flooded and millions left without power by the impact of the Superstorm called Sandy, the New York Times exploited the tragedy to preach the supposed virtues of big government.

Without FEMA, asked the Times, ?Who would make decisions about where to send federal aid? Or perhaps there would be no federal aid, and every state would bear the burden of billions of dollars in damages??

The newspaper?s editorial collective apparently believes that the unfathomably wise and endlessly competent people managing the central government are better equipped to fix local problems than the people affected by them directly. They also appear to believe that the federal government, unlike states, can magically create money out of the ether. Historically, FEMA?s role in disaster management has been to impede the efficient delivery of relief offered by private agencies.

FEMA also exacerbates disasters by administering a perfectly insane federal flood insurance program, an expansion of which was signed by President Obama just months ago. This is an entitlement program that benefits wealthy homeowners on both coasts and creates perverse incentives for them to build residences in hurricane-prone areas.

Big government can neither control nature, nor provide suitable help when we are stricken by it.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.