Hey, Big Spenders, Spend a little dime on Haiti

Steven Van Zandt writing in Politico has a very good idea.  He calls on those with really big money to help rebuild Haiti, not to what it was, but what it could become. Here's what he said:
Don't rebuild Haiti; reimagine it

As I watched “Meet the Press” host David Gregory recently ask former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush what it’s going to take to restore Haiti to how it was, my heart started paying attention.

Gregory was asking the normal questions, and Clinton and Bush gave the appropriate answers. But it occurred to me that, my God, unless something radical is done, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Haiti will be restored to what it was. And that’s the last thing Haiti needs.

I won’t bore you with statistics — well, OK, just a few. From the Congressional Research Service before the earthquake:

• 76 percent of the population lived on less than $2 a day.

• 54 percent lived on less than $1 a day.

• 81 percent did not receive the minimum daily ration of food as defined by the World Health Organization.

• 66 percent had no access to electricity.

• 52 percent did not have access to clean water, basic sanitation, basic health needs and basic education.

Haiti doesn’t need to be rebuilt. Haiti needs to be reimagined.

This is what many of us have thought, he has the nerve to say it.  Read the whole article.