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Yep, that's exactly what we need, another federal bureaucracy. The solution is, if people can't afford "hurricane insurance" then they need to move to a less risky location.
If you knew anything about Florida, you would know this is not a viable solution. You see, there are people who have lived in Florida for many, many years. They bought their home before the real estate boom. They had low taxes and low insurance costs. They were also on a fixed income. Everything was going just fine. They were minding their own business...
Then the real estate boom came. Speculators drove the price of housing through the roof, thanks to low interest rates and no-doc loans. Not only that, but we had a few years where an abnormally high number of hurricanes hit the state. So, you have two expenses, which are usually relatively stable, going through the roof.
Here we have people on fixed incomes who have been responsible with their money, who had a sound financial plan, and due to forces completely out of their control, they can no longer afford their home. There are tens of thousands of people who have had this happen to them. Save our Homes (which I despise) did help these people, somewhat. But now these people are trapped. They can't afford to buy something else because the property tax increase would be enormous.
Now, I'm sure there are plenty of people here who will respond..."sucks to be them". Yes, it does, and that's why humans have created societies. It does not benefit the society, as a whole, to have thousands of people become homeless because of insurance costs.
Yep, that's exactly what we need, another federal bureaucracy. The solution is, if people can't afford "hurricane insurance" then they need to move to a less risky location.
So Here Comes the "Raging Capitalist/Libertarian, Self-Responsibility to a Fault Guy"...
As we've seen in these cases, the government is NOT the solution. Therefore, I would not support government intervention even into these situations.
Amaznjohn, With all Respect....
You Really need to Get out more, ie. Do some Non-Biased reading,Take a few College Classes, an Art course, A Lit Discussion Group etc....
On healthCare...
How could a civilized country Allow Business to MAKE $$$$ off of our sickness?
Take the Profit Motivation out of our Health care System AND We will ALL save $$$$$$$....
How you may ask, Tell us DLS... OK:
We could eliminate; Medicare, Medicaid, get rid of the Greedy private insurers that rip us off to the Billions AND Begin a Single pay system---Eliminate the "Middle Man"...
And Open more Med schools!
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