When the World's Economy was Saved

[alfreda89]

On 9-11, it was no coincidence that the target was the Twin Towers, the heart of the economic empire that is America. We were involved with thousands of deaths, Ground Zero, an undeclared war. If the economy had collapsed with the towers, our recovery would have been agonizing. We might have taken the world banking system down with us

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[starcat_jewel]

I wish I could be confident that if something similar were to happen next week, the response would be as coherent and well-organized. There was a lot of dismantling done, and a lot of changes made, between 2001 and 2008. Even in that article, I noticed that FEMA was still operating competently as of 9/11. By Katrina in 2005... not so much.

[alfreda89]

It is a concern--the GOP has gut so much of the government. I have seen government officials quoted as saying that their response to the Ebola crisis has already stretched the CDC and foreign aid to the limit, and it is not enough to contain the crisis.

I hope for a quiet revolution this election. I hear that Ferguson, MO has gone nuts with voter registration. May they be an example.