Quote Originally Posted by HEATON
"By the time military brigades began rescuing people from rooftops, ordinary citizens had saved thousands with private boats."


NOt to sound like im only defending the military and the fed govt's choice of deploying them at the time they did. BUT; It is against the law to send federal troops or another state's Reserve troops into a state without THAT states approval first.
That is true (Posse Comitatus Act), though I think the point the author made comparing the sluggishness of government response to the efficiency of private response is very accurate.

I remember it each time I have to argue with someone about the difference between private charity and compulsory altruism (government income redistribution via taxation).