“Some days you get really disgusted because you’ve got to drive 100
miles just to get a box of nails. “BRYAN BRUNET, on life in devastated
St. Bernard Parish, La. (Today’s NYT quote of the day)
Does anyone doubt that this is the failure of the
government-controlled recovery. I am sure that Mr. Brunet would
not have to
drive 100 miles to buy nails if the market were allowed to operate.