SarasotaRepub
06-26-2012, 06:04 PM
I think dear garybeck left his brain in Haiti too... (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002858563):rolleyes:
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:49 AM
garybeck
I just returned from Haiti, I have some words for morans who want to slash taxes and gov't programs
Last edited Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:54 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I was just in Haiti for 10 days. I went there to install a solar energy system on a building in a small remote village that has no electricity. I flew in and out of Port-au-Prince, and spent 2 days there on each end of the trip.
I was not prepared to see the living conditions there. Out in the rural country people have nothing, but their lives are very simple and they don't need much. But in the city the conditions are deplorable. In today's modern world people should not have to live like this.
For the time I spent in the city, I was being driven around mainly to find supplies for the solar installation. I saw the devastating effects of the earthquake, now over 2 years ago but there are still piles or rubble everywhere and half-standing buildings on every block.
But the real devastation is not from the earthquake. The conditions in Haiti were very bad before the earthquake hit. The more I asked questions, the more I realized that while it almost seemed like "Hell on Earth" to me, to people like Grover Norquist and Ron Paul, it must be their "Heaven on Earth."
This idea kept resonating in my head:
To all the conservatives and libertarians who want to slash taxes, government programs, and government regulations: "Go to Haiti and see what it's like when there are no taxes, programs, and regulations. If that's really what you're looking for, you can just stay there."
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It's a Pitt long bleeding heart rant by an idiot who wants to compare the USA to the hell hole that is Haiti. Amazing...
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:49 AM
garybeck
I just returned from Haiti, I have some words for morans who want to slash taxes and gov't programs
Last edited Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:54 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I was just in Haiti for 10 days. I went there to install a solar energy system on a building in a small remote village that has no electricity. I flew in and out of Port-au-Prince, and spent 2 days there on each end of the trip.
I was not prepared to see the living conditions there. Out in the rural country people have nothing, but their lives are very simple and they don't need much. But in the city the conditions are deplorable. In today's modern world people should not have to live like this.
For the time I spent in the city, I was being driven around mainly to find supplies for the solar installation. I saw the devastating effects of the earthquake, now over 2 years ago but there are still piles or rubble everywhere and half-standing buildings on every block.
But the real devastation is not from the earthquake. The conditions in Haiti were very bad before the earthquake hit. The more I asked questions, the more I realized that while it almost seemed like "Hell on Earth" to me, to people like Grover Norquist and Ron Paul, it must be their "Heaven on Earth."
This idea kept resonating in my head:
To all the conservatives and libertarians who want to slash taxes, government programs, and government regulations: "Go to Haiti and see what it's like when there are no taxes, programs, and regulations. If that's really what you're looking for, you can just stay there."
...
It's a Pitt long bleeding heart rant by an idiot who wants to compare the USA to the hell hole that is Haiti. Amazing...