Kevin Boyd, the Louisiana Libertarian had been off the net since the day before Katrina hit. Understandably, there were many members of the Life, Liberty & Property Community wondering where he was. Well, he’s turned up safe and sound and posted his own story of surviving Katrina.
In addition to addressing his own adventure and the state of the State of Louisiana and City of New Orleans, Kevin also has something to say about the issue of rebuilding New Orleans, which is something I’ve addressed myself.
Finally, the question of whether or not New Orleans should be rebuilt. Of course it should be rebuilt, but not as it was. Sections of New Orleans that were too poor and too low-lying such as the Ninth Ward need to be bought out and bulldozed. The new New Orleans needs to built around the French Quarter, the Central Business District, the areas along the river, the port, and some parts of uptown including the universities and even parts of the Lakefront. All the housing projects and slum neighborhoods need to go. Plus, the economy of the new New Orleans and the new Louisiana must be diversified and must be a free market economy unburdened by excessive taxation and spending and political corruption. We can have this new Louisiana and new New Orleans if we, the people of Louisiana want it. It is because I want a better Louisiana is why I spent so much of this post playing the blame game and attacking state officials. The blame game will have to played eventually and these corrupt officials need to be dealt with sooner rather than later.
Read the whole thing.
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