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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Jul \ on: Texas Flood Debacle a Predictable Resultof 98Years of Government Flood “Control” econ
I had a geology professor who was completely apolitical all semester, until the last day of class when he ranted about federally subsidized disaster insurance for the entire class period.
I take it that the rant was for more disaster insurance from the state, no doubt. I liked the close of the article where the author said that people had to use their own dad-gummed common sense!
I lived near the ocean, right on the beachfront, once upon a time. Those of us living and working on the ocean from there learned a rule: Never turn your back on the sea!! This applied even when you were in the house because big breakers could come into the area. I am sure that this rule also applies if you live on a floodplain. I could never live on a floodplain, no matter how cheap the property is because I value mine and my family’s lives.
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No, he was mostly worked up about the fancy expensive homes on beachfronts or hillsides that wouldn't be insurable so no normal person builds there, but wealthy connected people can and then they get bailed out by government disaster funds when their properties get destroyed.
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Ohhhh….i see. This is why all the really wealthy people are buying beachfront properties all along the East Coast. They don’t give a hoot because they are looting the little folks when an easily predictable disaster comes along. For instance, OBummer has some really nice property right on the beach in Mass. i guess he isn’t too worried about hurricanes hitting and washing his mansion away because he has the state behind him.
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It's double perverse:
- The poor subsidizing the wealthy
- The poor losing access to what should be accessible beautiful nature areas
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Why not let them do it? They are stealing everything that is not bolted down, anyway, right? Screw the people who actually have to provide the services and labor to get things done for them! I just don’t think that all of the people that did not loot out the state’s captive slaves but are wealthy are doing the same thing! Perhaps it is only the state cronies doing all of this.
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