Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy
Jan 18 09:31 PM US/Eastern
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA
Associated Press Writers
"We've got no more food and no more house, so leaving is the only thing to do," said Livena Livel, 22, fleeing with her 1-year-old daughter and six other relatives to her father's house in Les Cayes, near Haiti's western tip.
"At least over there we can farm for food," she said.
She said she was spending her last cash on the "insanely expensive" bus fare, jacked up to the equivalent of $7.70, three days' pay for most Haitians, because gasoline prices had doubled.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
LIBERTARIANS SHOULD LOVE THIS
Haiti is a perfect example for their Free Market Fairy delusions. It has no taxes and no regulations on business because right now there's no functioning government. Of course, we get what Adam Smith would expect:
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