Item from a hurricane katrina-related washington post story last month: "John D. Podesta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and head of a leading Democratic think tank, says Democrats must start by casting Bush's brand of conservatism—emphasizing an 'ownership society' elevating individualism and private enterprise—as fundamentally flawed and hostile to society's collective responsibility to help citizens." Really? The hole in Podesta's logic is of Category 5 size. Which groups did the better job in aiding Katrina's victims— government or the loathed individuals from the netherworld of "private enterprise"? That's easy: the private sector. Government, at all levels, failed New Orleans. Paralysis prevailed in the public sector—from Mayor Ray Nagin to Governor Kathleen Blanco to the Bush Administration. But it is the poor souls stripped of their dignity and initiative by living for 40 years under the umbrella of welfare who are paying the price.
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机译：上个月与飓风卡特里娜飓风有关的华盛顿帖子中的一篇文章：“约翰·D·波德斯塔（John D. Podesta），比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）总统的前参谋长兼领先的民主党智囊团负责人，说民主党人必须从铸造布什的保守主义品牌开始，强调“保守主义”。所有权社会提拔的个人主义和私人企业-从根本上是有缺陷的，并且对社会帮助公民的集体责任怀有敌意。”真？ Podesta逻辑中的孔为5类大小。哪些团体在帮助卡特里娜飓风的受害者（政府或来自“私营企业”的世界上被憎恶的个人）方面做得更好？这很容易：私营部门。各级政府都使新奥尔良失败。瘫痪在公共部门盛行，从市长雷·纳金到州长凯瑟琳·布兰科再到布什政府。但是，付出代价的却是穷人，在福利的保护下生活了40年，丧失了尊严和主动。
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