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To: combjelly who wrote (544511)	1/17/2010 2:28:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578341

For the interim, a smart move would be to investigate this... hexayurt.com; That would be a good solution but there is no wood. Have you seen the satellite photos where all the trees along the border with the DR are gone. On one side you have the forests of the DR and on the Haiti side, bare mts. The wood for the hexayurt most likely would have to be imported from the US....that would drive up the cost of it considerably. Given the mild climate, I think they may have to set up large communal tents where people will live for the next year. Its gross but I don't see any other way.

To: combjelly who wrote (544511)	1/17/2010 3:57:11 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578341

>> Tim likes to wax enthusiastic about how government just gets in the way Nobody I know of has suggested "no government", and some places may need larger government for a time. In the United States, we have BLOATED government and it needs to be smaller to be more agile and effective. Which is the reason our government functions so poorly at times.

To: combjelly who wrote (544511)	1/21/2010 5:25:52 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578341

Tim likes to wax enthusiastic about how government just gets in the way, but Haiti is a very objective lesson in what happens when there is effectively no government. Not wanting a very interventionist government is not the same as wanting no government. I don't say "government JUST gets in the way", more like it often gets in the way. I think functional government is important, but large intrusive government isn't. Haiti may effectively have no government now. At times it had no government in the past, when no one controlled the country, but while many of its problems are do to lack of government action, many others are do to the action of government leaders such as the Duvaliers, with their abusive militias who would beat kindap or kill the regimes opponents, lack of respect for property rights, cult of personality, monopolies for themselves and their cronies, attempts to control prices, etc.