My wife and I just came back from a walk. We were going to take a bit of a drive, but, you know, the idea of just driving around doesn't sound quite so attractive, at the moment.
As we were walking, we were talking about articles in today's papers, and I mentioned that one of the economists who was an architect of supply-side economics had died recently. The article noted that two times when supply side economics was tried, it didn't work -- more accurately, it didn't provide immediate benefits. The article therefore questioned whether supply side economics was worth it, and so they asked two economists. One said clearly, no, it didn't work, and should not be tried again. The other say clearly, it has begun to work; you just have to give these things time. It put me in mind of a quote, to the effect that if you laid all the economists in the world end to end, they still could not reach a conclusion.
In the case of the New Orleans fiasco, I suspect it'll be much the same thing. The number of people who have both the ability to compel an honest answer and the ability to sift through the contradictory and partial honest answers can likely be counted in the single digits, while the ones who simply want it clearly known that this isn't their fault -- well, let's just say: more. Way more. Getting one coherent, comprehensive answer will be quite a challenge.
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