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Because without government, who would feed hungry hurricane victims

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[h=1]Food Truck Kicked Out of Town for Serving Hurricane Victims Without a Permit[/h]
https://fee.org/articles/food-truck...r-serving-hurricane-victims-without-a-permit/


During times of natural disasters, communities and local businesses come together to provide much-needed necessities to one another. In Green Cove Springs, Florida, Jack Roundtree, owner of the Triple J BBQ food truck, decided to set up shop in front of a restaurant to provide lunch to hungry residents and workers cleaning up in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
For Roundtree, who had operated Triple J BBQ in Green Cove Springs at city-sponsored events in the past, it was an opportunity to provide a much-needed service to residents and those who were hard at work to get the town back up and running. In fact, he was offering utility workers free lunches for all their hard work. And with nearly all of the town’s restaurants closed down due to the storm, he was needed more than ever.

But instead of serving lunch, the police ordered Roundtree to shut down Triple J and leave town. His crime? Operating without a permit.




The insanity of government never ceases to amaze.
 
While obviously this is silly and they should be allowed to help, it's also silly to pretend that Triple J BBQ and friends would provide all the disaster aid needed so that we could just shut FEMA down completely. I don't see Triple J BBQ air lifting ribs into Puerto Rico right now.
 
While obviously this is silly and they should be allowed to help, it's also silly to pretend that Triple J BBQ and friends would provide all the disaster aid needed so that we could just shut FEMA down completely. I don't see Triple J BBQ air lifting ribs into Puerto Rico right now.



Who said "all"? building strawmen already are we?
 
While obviously this is silly and they should be allowed to help, it's also silly to pretend that Triple J BBQ and friends would provide all the disaster aid needed so that we could just shut FEMA down completely. I don't see Triple J BBQ air lifting ribs into Puerto Rico right now.

Where did the OP suggest FEMA should be shut down? :roll:
 
Who said "all"? building strawmen already are we?

Your thread title is "Because without government, who would feed hungry hurricane victims". Pretending that companies' charitable giving could replace the government in disaster relief is nonsense. Yes, this guy should be able to help and it was very honorable for him to try.

Where did the OP suggest FEMA should be shut down? :roll:

The thread title is a parody of the Libertarian meme "Because without the government who would build the roads? *chuckle chuckle*"
 
TBH, as libertarian right as I am, I'm also aware that countries that do not have a centralized structure for disaster relief tend to take years and even decades to recover from such mega-disasters, whereas countries that have a centralized disaster response are up and running within months if not weeks (or even days).

That's one reason despite all my anti-government leanings, I stick with the idea that we do need at least a minarchy where we do have centralized planning for certain things and not others. We're smart enough to figure out where it's needed and where it isn't. A national treasury is a much more efficient and effective method of responding to major crisis.
 
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Your thread title is "Because without government, who would feed hungry hurricane victims". Pretending that companies' charitable giving could replace the government in disaster relief is nonsense. Yes, this guy should be able to help and it was very honorable for him to try.

The thread title is a parody of the Libertarian meme "Because without the government who would build the roads? *chuckle chuckle*"



I do believe that individuals could do well without government in these disasters, look at harvey and all the private citizens who helped. but that's not the discussion here nor was it the argument I made. The point was and we agree, the government impeded this guy from helping. Thanks for agreeing with the logical position this time.
 
I do believe that individuals could do well without government in these disasters, look at harvey and all the private citizens who helped. but that's not the discussion here nor was it the argument I made. The point was and we agree, the government impeded this guy from helping. Thanks for agreeing with the logical position this time.

Yeah, the guy being told to **** off is craziness of the highest levels.

We've had similar cases of the government attempting to fine people in Miami for trying to rebuild their own fences without permits after Irma.
 
Just in general, I don't understand this disdain for government as if it's detached from the public. Sure seems like at least one of those laws was lobbied for by local businesses who are afraid of competition. That's not the government's fault. What can they do except enforce the laws that the community enacts? If they have problems with these bad, dumb laws then the people should change them. Problem solved.
 
Just in general, I don't understand this disdain for government as if it's detached from the public. Sure seems like at least one of those laws was lobbied for by local businesses who are afraid of competition. That's not the government's fault. What can they do except enforce the laws that the community enacts? If they have problems with these bad, dumb laws then the people should change them. Problem solved.

I think that the sense and ability to forego some of the rules during a time of emergency would be a better option. Maybe during normal times, you don't want food trucks of questionable origin selling food at all, much less right outside other brick and mortar restaurants that need to stay in business in order to pay taxes and provide jobs, but when there's a hurricane that devastates the area, having some sort of restaurant is better than none.

Having said that, none of us were there and don't know the reasoning behind their not allowing this food truck to operate. Maybe he was using chicken from a grocery store that had been without power for 3 days and hooked up to a contaminated water supply. We just don't know.

Many on this site are all about local control, but then chastise that locality when it does something they don't understand - usually because we don't have all the details.
 
I think that the sense and ability to forego some of the rules during a time of emergency would be a better option.

Agreed. Especially in places where natural disasters are a common threat, it would make perfect sense to allow some leeway. I don't think this really applies in this case, but I know that many times laws like these exist because we can't just have someone, however well-intentioned, randomly handing out food. It's a good way to give a bunch of people e. coli.
 
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