Thursday, September 08, 2005

OpinionJournal - Cross Country-Deadly Bureaucracy

OpinionJournal - Cross Country: "Deadly Bureaucracy
In Katrina's wake, red tape too often trumped common sense.

BY BOBBY JINDAL
Thursday, September 8, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT

BATON ROUGE, La.--Over the past few days, America has been both moved and disturbed by television footage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. But for those of us in Louisiana still struggling to cope, the troubling images are of opportunistic politicians playing the blame game while there is so much real work to do.

Rather than point fingers, we should be fixing the situation on the ground. And that will include taking steps to ensure that red tape doesn't stifle the continued security and rebuilding efforts."

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