Katrina made clear that 1: FEMA was screwed up totally and 2: during an emergency you can justify absurd profit margins.

Needless to say, the get rich via government contract types have been all over this. Private companies to provide emergency services have been springing up all over the country. Going directly to provide high end services to the rich is just the obvious second step.

It's also another prediction of the cyberpunk genre that has come to pass.

Jay