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Should Congress Fund Disaster Aid for Northeast

Should Congress Fund Disaster Aid for the Northeast

  • Yes

    Votes: 26 68.4%

  • No

    Votes: 12 31.6%
  • Total voters
    38
  • Poll closed .
PeteEU said:
Or in flood plains of major US rivers, or tornado ally or prone to drought hit areas and hence wildfire areas or areas that can be hit by hurricanes. Lets not forget most of the Yellowstone caldera....

So basically most of the red states.. if not the whole US.

Is that what you want?
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I want people to make good decisions, and then pay for consequences themselves.
 
jonny5 said:
I want people to make good decisions, and then pay for consequences themselves.
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So to make good decisions you are will to let a lot of people die, just so the survivors will "learn a lesson" and not repeat the bad decision. That this has not happened in all of human history is just what... an inconvenience?
 
PeteEU said:
Or in flood plains of major US rivers, or tornado ally or prone to drought hit areas and hence wildfire areas or areas that can be hit by hurricanes. Lets not forget most of the Yellowstone caldera....

So basically most of the red states.. if not the whole US.

Is that what you want?
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No, he wants what he told you. To make use better building practices, or not build below sea level in high risk areas.

This isn't that hard.
 
jonny5 said:
Im referring to H.R. 1 which, which in addition to spending 650 billion on defense, adds another 60 billion in specific funding related to natural disasters. My answer is no. First off, the federal govt does not have the power to spend money on flood insurance, transportation other than post roads, housing, flooding or small business loans. Second, it is individuals responsibility first to avoid risk from nature, and if deciding to take that risk, to cover their losses when damages occur (with local govt or charity if they choose). Third, the country is already borrowing a trillion dollars a year. If people want it to spend money on this, they should raise the revenue seperately through a special tax or cut spending to cover the additional spending. Fourth, this should not be bundled with the defense appropriations. It is not germane and it puts pressure on representatives to play political games.

To put it another way, if the govt succeeds in raising taxes on the rich, that additional revenue will already be spent by this one bill.
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You DO know these are loans to people to rebuild and payment to workers in the area to fix any roads and bridges and powerlines, right?

Let's keep this negative attitude on the Northeast alive when the tornadoes hit Cantor's home state, shall we?
 
PeteEU said:
Or in flood plains of major US rivers, or tornado ally or prone to drought hit areas and hence wildfire areas or areas that can be hit by hurricanes. Lets not forget most of the Yellowstone caldera....
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House in fire prone areas can make sure that the brush is cleaned up around them.Houses constantly hit by hurricans and tornadoes can be built to withstand those things, or least where the damage is minimize. Buildings in earthquake prone areas can be built to withstand earthquakes. Areas below sea level should either be filled in or rebuilt somewhere else.

So basically most of the red states.. if not the whole US.
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Yes. It makes no sense to keep paying people to build the same damn buildings in disaster prone areas.

Is that what you want?
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Yes.
 
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