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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
What he said was that Federal money should not be used, that they should have insurance, like the rest of us. If your house burns down, does federal aid step in? And should it?
""There is no such thing as federal money," Paul said. "Federal money is just what they steal from the states and steal from you and me." While there is a role for the National Guard in these sorts of disasters, according to Paul, the Federal Emergency Management Agency usually does little but frustrate people. "To say that any accident that happens in the country, send in FEMA, send in the money, the government has all this money—it is totally out of control, and it's not efficient," Paul said."
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.
The real test of principles is when they will stand up even in a situation where people like you will obviously jump on the emotional aspects in order to twist things around.
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Which is fine for Ron Paul to say.
Let's think it through for a second.
Katrina, earthquake, fire, hurricane, floods, tsunami, etc. Wipes out your home and insurance policy. You have no where to live, nothing to sleep on, no clothing for you and your family, no toilets and completely reliant on charity. The disaster might also of effected your job and income. Especially if you're working from home on your keyboard.
So now Ron Paul thinks no one should step in and help, to save the rest of the US a few tax dollars. You're left phoning an Insurance company to find out the policy number, cover,
exemptions, so you can sit on the kerb with your family waiting for the check to arrive. Praying they don't delay and delay or decide they're not liable because of some wierd clause and will settle in court.
I hope this never happens to you sperbonzo even though you think it's a great idea.
I can see your "I'm all right Jack and fuck you" attitude coming through.
Think of taxes as a form of insurance in times of disaster. Yes it's not a great system and probably not the most cost efficient. But it beats hands relying on some Insurance company who worry more about returning profits and dividends for investors than victims.
Maybe they should of waited for the Insurance Companies to pay out on the Gulf Oil Spill. Or wait for BP to shell out the cash, while everything got fucked up. And BP argued that the reason for 50% of the claims was the lack of immediate clean up.
Why stop there. Lets stop having Firemen, Police, Coast Guards dealing with accidents paid by the Government. Lets do that via Insurance Companies as well. </sarcasm on the last part>