Disasters cannot be cured by throwing money at them. Indeed, the aftermath of disasters can be made much worse and recovery can be slowed (and sometimes even halted) by too much money spent poorly.

Too much money has already been raised and no plan to spend it. When I consider that the folks in charge of writing the checks are the same folks who turned a hurricane into a disaster, then I'm not hopeful.

What people on the Gulf Coast need is not money, but jobs. If you have one to offer you'll do more good than any donation.