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From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: Hurricane Katrina / some thoughts
> Lawrence: The quality of the present crew at the top aside, remember that
> Americans tend to be culturally opposed to cooperation beyond the local
> and immediate. And our constitution makes any central planning very
> difficult, except in military ansd foreign affairs matters, which are
> specifically assigned to the central government. Even absent what you
> point out we tend to be pretty helpless in internal catastrophes. It took
> four years before the central government could react to the great
> depression, for instance, which affected a lot more of the population.
>
> Mark
>
>
But remember, also, Hoover basically didn't think the government SHOULD
react.
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