Are they linking this to their FDIC accounts?
Actually giving people the ability to make their own choices for aid is a good idea.
A local man here in S.D. has been picking up victims in private jets, bringing them here, taking them to Wal-Mart and then checking them into hotels until some decision is made about whether they can ever reinhabit New Orleans. Two plane-fulls so far, they're expecting 600 families. I guess this isn't much different, except they won't have a "minder" who might frown upon a new TV as a purchase.
Yes provided that no one is naive or otherwise surprised about the choices that they make...
These are the same people not capable of "choosing" to get out of the way of a hurricane...
I don't want my hard earned tax money to be given away like that. Oh, wait- it already is. Scratch that.
Since they made such great choices before the hurricane. /sarcasm