Haiti’s real crisis is poverty (Ya THINK?)

The DC ^ | January 21, 2010 | Ian Vasquez

[hershey]

For obvious reasons Haiti is a lost cause, but America will pick up the pieces (nobody else will), and be blamed soundly.

[Ramius]

Poverty has virtually nothing to do with Haiti’s problems. A corrupt government with no rule of law, no respect for property rights, and no will on the part of the people to ever do it better— now THAT is the problem that Haiti has.

Haiti will be fixed when the people have had enough of what they’ve got. So far, that hasn’t happened.

[23 Everest]

Inquiring Minds Want to Know....How many reporters are there? Every city in the US has one/two sometimes three. Europe has to have half that many. What the hell are they doing to help?

Progress’s love central government, why don’t they have a central news outlet!

[MplsSteve]

Haiti is a lost cause. You are definitely right about that. When I first heard about the earthquake there, I thought “My god, of all the countries that this could happen to, Haiti has got to be the worst.”

I’m not convinced that there is enough money in the world to properly rebuild Haiti.

I’m not convinced that there is enough money in the world to properly re-orient Haiti’s social disfunctionality.

I’m not convinced tha there’s enough money in the world to install a national or local govt that respects the rule of law.

And yes, the US will get the blame for anything and everything that goes wrong there.

[Nosterrex]

The real problems of Haiti are government corruption and paganism. The United States has spent billions of dollars on Haiti since the 1950’s, and it is poorer today than it was ten years ago. We can throw a few billion more dollars on Haiti, and it will only get worse. Haiti is beyond saving.

[gogogodzilla]

The only way Haiti can improve is if their entire government is contracted out to a more competent source. All of it.

From the president down to the lowest street sweeper or elementary school teacher.

And even then, it will take at least 2-3 generations of this before there is any sort of change from their ingrained ways. Which, of course, will be called ‘colonialism’.

So, therefore, it’ll never happen... and Haiti will remain a squalid cesspool filled with the dregs of humanity. Ah well, why should we care, if they don’t seem to?

[jackibutterfly]

"Haiti’s real crisis is poverty"

No, it's not - it's corruption and greed, which causes poverty.

[Ramius]

I’ve actually already argued that a return to colonialism is probably the only hope that Haiti has. Canada, I think, would be the perfect outfit to do colonial rule of Haiti. After a generation or two, there might be enough local rule to start thinking about independence.

[Constitutional Patriot]

Perhaps the libs can explain the difference in the standards of living (pre-quake) in Haiti and DR. It’s clearly a perfect example of liberty vs tyranny.

[Constitutional Patriot]

“Karl Denninger, writing about this, turns around and criticizes Royal Caribbean for having a resort there surrounded by razor wire.”

I’ve been to Labadee a few times (while cruising RC). The island is a great stop for the day and it is really great to visit with the local vendors and buy their products (wood carvings, etc.). I remember one instance when some of the vendors expressed their gratitude for people like us stopping by. The business they conducted provided a means for them to feed their families.

I’m heading down there again in March and I plan to spend some money there again.

I sure hope that RC doesn’t cave to the idiot leftists on this one.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I don’t get Denninger sometimes. On some economic issues has has really good analyses, but then he goes and throws a populist comment like this, completely oblivious to the benefits of an enterprise like this.

I’m starting to think he is just opposed to anything “big” because he is “small.”