July 29, 2004

Buy a Water Barrel

The good guys from Spirit of America are at it again.

$25 buys a 25 gallon water barrel. These will help rural Iraqis transport potable water in an area desperate for fresh water.

SFC Brian Soper is from Minneapolis, MN. As his National Guard unit traveled outside of Baghdad he noticed that many Iraqis walking miles to get drinking water. He estimates that 250 barrels should get one poor neighborhood through the heat until Civil Affairs develops a permanent solution. Help Spirit of America help these rural Iraqis get through the difficult summer months.


These guys, after I donated to outfit TV stations, collected too much money and emailed me to see if I wanted some back, or if I wanted to apply it to other projects. That's honesty.

Thes folks are awesome read the blog but buy at least one water barrel, you cheap asses!

Posted by jk at July 29, 2004 05:46 PM
Comments

A great group, but I think I gave at the office - on April 15th. The CPA and the Iraqi interim government can't figure out how to spend their reconstruction money when these folks seem to have no trouble finding good uses to truly help the Iraqi people? Maybe if they could be purchased from Halliburton for $250? Seriously, let's just give them some of the reconstruction budget or can honesty, efficiency, and government money never go together?

Posted by: Silence Dogood at August 3, 2004 08:29 AM

Fundamental differences, Silence! Central government planning can't do it. Ludwig von Mises's distributed decision making is at work here -- and it works!

These guys see a problem, see a solution and put it in place. Before Senator Kerry takes your tax cut away, a measly $25 provides a humanitarian and political ROI.

Posted by: jk at August 3, 2004 08:32 PM

The holdup, I've heard, is federal procurement procedures requiring bids, rebids, re-rebids, etc. Our convoluted government spending process would be admirable if it actually prevented some government spending rather than delaying it 2-6 years in the name of preventing cronyism.

Posted by: johngalt at August 4, 2004 03:33 PM
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