re: High credit score = no assistance from FEMA

You are right about Social Security. It's the health care coverage that will break you while on SS. My costs are about one third of my income on SS and I do not nor ever had any chronic health problems.

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FEMA money is a handout.

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I agree simply because the majority of people who will receive FEMA money probably pay little to no taxes.

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FEMA Nothing will ever be easy when dealing with these guys.

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That's true. Even worse is this: even if we had all of the rules clearly printed out for us to read, it would be a mistake to assume that FEMA will apply its own rules in a correct and consistent manner. It would be a huge mistake for us to assume that your average FEMA employee understands FEMA rules or even has the reading comprehensive capability of reading and understanding the rules. It would be a mistake to assume that every FEMA employee has the DESIRE to take the time to read the rules, understand the rules and apply the rules correctly and consistently across the board.

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Are you going to decline your social security pension when you retire? Or are you just talking shite?

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I'm in my 30s and have fully accepted that there will be no social security payments available for me when I retire, if I ever get to actually retire. Or, they will be so small that it will be a joke.

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So you will accept money from a government program that you and I both pay taxes into, even though I will not get money from that program until much later than you. Do you see how taking money from FEMA is not a bailout? Cashing in, yes. Bailout, no. And for what it's worth, I'm not looking to get 100k, just a reasonable slice of the pie that I have put into for years.

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I agree simply because the majority of people who will receive FEMA money probably pay little to no taxes.

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This may be a very valid statement. If you pay little to no taxes, either

1) You are pretty poor and probably have difficulty actually affording flood insurance

2) You are getting paid under the table and pay no tax, in which case, screw you.

What my issue, and others, is people that perfectly could afford flood insurance, instead chose to spend that money on other things, and now, want government to bail them out. And when government makes an attempt at that, they complain about the attempt. And, tomorrow, those people will complain about other companies and/or indivduals getting bailed out, due to decisions they made that rolled snake eyes.

When I lived in Katy, we were 48 feet elevation. No natural waterways anywhere near us. Three times in 6 years, the street flooded, twice to the sidewalk and once about halfway up our lawn. I paid $350/yr for 6 years for flood insurance. Maybe I wasted $2100, however, I slept soundly those nights.

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These taxpayers have been putting into the system their whole lives. The one time they will actually need financial assistance in maybe their whole lives, it isnt there. Meanwhile, some people get assistance nonstop at the expense of said taxpayer.

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So... over those years, have you not gotten any benefits form paying those taxes? None?

I think you have gotten a lot of benefit from paying taxes.

And again... I have no problem with people getting financial assistance. But be man enough to admit that it is a handout, and you are no better than anyone else who gets a handout.

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I'm glad DSNAP is available for those in need, just have to ignore the abusers. Fortunately my daughter, a single mom, benefited from that program when Gustav hit. She was working full time then but child care, rent and other expenses would have made it very difficult to replace something as simple as food.

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i volunteered for the OEP at the Denham Springs Northpark location during that. I was responsible for the handicap people getting in and out. I saw people trading the same wheelchair to others so they wouldn't have to wait in the long line like everyone else.


EBT! DSNAP!


these motherfrickers would literally wheel themselves up,get their weeziana purchase card,wheel out to the parking lot then jump up form the wheelchair and

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So you will accept money from a government program that you and I both pay taxes into, even though I will not get money from that program until much later than you.

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If I don't plan on getting money from SS, and you are younger than me, I don't think you will either.

In theory, though, social security was designed to BE a program that paid individual benefits. (Granted, over the years, that's turned out to not be true). However, social security benefits are at least somewhat tied in to your salary and thus your tax payments made over the years into that specific program (up to a cap).

This is opposed to what you are seeking, which is money from the general fund.

This isn't apples to apples, this is apples to alligators.

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That's not always the case either. I'm sure there are tons of people living on fixed incomes (especially retirees).

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I see where you left out the part of my post where I said some people truly can't afford it. If someone is on a fixed income to the point where they can't afford flood insurance, it is very likely they are not paying much in tax.