The best way to make grownups life-competent and responsible for themselves is to stop treating them like children and rewarding dependence.
I've noticed that the usual suspects are pontificating and posturing at the Roberts hearings.
If there were two million "helpless" victims for Katrina, we can expect 4 million next time.
One thing we can count on is, that if you reward pathologocal behavior, you will certainly breed millions more.
We have spent a trillion$ to eliminate poverty, and we have come to this. Let's spend another trillion$ shall we? What is your expected result? Less poverty or more?
I vote for more. It's not rocket science.