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Cicada

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20. We are the insurance company - FEMA sells the subsidized insurance policies.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 10:02 PM
Sep 2017

The National Flood Insurance Program offers subsidized flood insurance in more than 20,000 communities. Because no sane Insurance Company would sell for far less than the true cost. I propose that we raise prices to the real cost after we pay off once at the subsidized price. Those owners who are trapped and can not sell out and move can be bought out because they are otherwise screwed. That buy out is free money for them. If they don't like it they don't have to take it. But after we rebuild their house once after they have paid artificially low insurance premiums then they should pay the real cost of living where they do. You want to rebuild twice before we kick them off? Ok, twice. But global warming is coming and it is suicidal to ignore that. People need to move to higher ground.

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Where is their Libertarian spirit? SHRED Sep 2017 #1
There's a whole bunch of new workinclasszero Sep 2017 #8
You know, when one judges an entire class of people, based on some common attribute... Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #2
. madokie Sep 2017 #3
Well, then why do we subsidize food for children with SNAP? leftofcool Sep 2017 #4
This indeed! Nt Purveyor Sep 2017 #5
Because children can not choose not to eat Cicada Sep 2017 #12
That is not true leftofcool Sep 2017 #13
If owners had to pay real insurance costs then prices would be even lower Cicada Sep 2017 #18
I'm tired of subsidizing McDonald's and Walmart n/t leftstreet Sep 2017 #6
Bigtime workinclasszero Sep 2017 #9
Im more pissed off with federal aid for a state that the majority of their conservative congressmen/ beachbum bob Sep 2017 #7
The states and local municipalities regulate zoning standards. procon Sep 2017 #10
Buy out money comes from not having to rebuild over and over Cicada Sep 2017 #14
So you would have to pass laws to force insurance companies to pay off procon Sep 2017 #15
We are the insurance company - FEMA sells the subsidized insurance policies. Cicada Sep 2017 #20
So where would they go? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #11
A solution that would work is to make them pay the true cost. Cicada Sep 2017 #16
The problem is sprawl, everyone wanting so much space and driving everywhere I so wasteful... bettyellen Sep 2017 #22
All of Houston and New Orleans are subject to flood given the right storm. TomSlick Sep 2017 #17
A business does more for our economy above water than submerged. Cicada Sep 2017 #21
i could get behind giving them only so many bites at the apple. mopinko Sep 2017 #19
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