The theory is that in absence of government power individuals will act in a more efficient, more direct manner. Sometimes those individuals will act through corporations, sometimes not – either way the result will far exceed anything that government can accomplish.

How does listing a bunch of companies that donated 10 million or less disprove OW’s point?

Did Amazon donate more than 10 million or did they simply channel private donations? Were those corporate donations specifically for Katrina or are they a lump sump total of all the charitable donations by a corporation for a particular period?

How do the contributions of private citizens refute the idea that school children raised more money than many corporations?

I’m not saying I totally agree with OW on this, as I don’t know all the stats, but many of the counter arguments presented are either uninformed or at least somewhat suspect.

And how is New Orleans doing, btw? Maybe that’s the point of debating private donations vs a competent federal response (i.e. FEMA under Clinton before Bush cronied it to death).

Remember Mill’s aphorism: “By no means are all conservatives stupid, but most stupid people are conservative.” Most racists and haters too.

As opposed to the liberal motto which is, “F*ck you, I’m taking yours.”

In that regard, the following corporations all donated MORE than $10 million to the Red Cross -

Amazon.com
Clearchannel
Intel
Microsoft
Yahoo!

Donated between $5 and $10 million:

Boeing
Cisco Systems
GE
Honda
Saudi Refining
Verizon

There are a bunch of others that donated millions more. This of course does not include people who WORK for those corporations.

The private sector raised over $3 billion for Katrina Relief efforts. Libertarians celebrate the efforts of the private sector and on this one, the private sector came through.