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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
AS for your "this is what freedom looks like" comment... They were free to build in that area, or not, and they were free to get insurance or not. However we are NOT free to decide if we have to pay taxes or not to give to them. That is FORCED on us. Remember, we aren't talking about charity here, we are talking about money taken by force and then given to others.
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You pay taxes so you can live in a civilized society. You don't like it? Move to Somalia or Sudan or some other failed state that's a functioning example of a libertarian society.
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Originally Posted by DWB
I don't see why this would be a federal issue. He is right.
If a tornado / hurricane / earthquake rips your house apart, that is a state issue. And if you own a house, you better have insurance on it. This is not rocket science. It's common sense 101.
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Depending on the magnitude of the disaster, not all states have the resources to deal with it, Katrina being a perfect example of that. Plus, natural disasters don't always occur in areas that are prone to them. You know the biggest fault line in the U.S. is along the Mississippi River? THE HIGHEST EARTHQUAKE RISK in the UNITED STATES outside the West Coast is along the New Madrid Fault which stretches through Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. The last major earthquake along it was in 1811, so none of the building in St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis and all the other major cities in the zone are prepared for a major earthquake, which could happen. What about last year when North Carolina, along with a lot of other states that don't usually get them, got wrecked by tornadoes? Shit, there were tornadoes as far up as New Jersey. Sometimes extenuating circumstances require the federal government to intervene.