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JETigER 
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| I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:12 pm)
I want to be a "victim".
Oh and by the way, $ 31,000 is what FEMA gives out automatically.
Getting Part of the 60 billion would be sweet.
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Tiger Authority
LSU Fan
Member since Jul 2007
29364 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:13 pm to JETigER)
What?
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JohnnyKilroy 
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5589 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:13 pm to JETigER)
ok
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Scruffy 
USA Fan
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18531 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:13 pm to JETigER)
What are you rambling on about?
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JETigER
LSU Fan
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Member since Dec 2003
2819 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:14 pm to JohnnyKilroy)
Being a victim is great, because you get money for it.
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JETigER
LSU Fan
Yankee Stadium
Member since Dec 2003
2819 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:14 pm to Tiger Authority)
you do know what Sandy is don't you.
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Tiger Authority
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Member since Jul 2007
29364 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:15 pm to JETigER)
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you do know what Sandy is don't you.
Is that like a superstorm or something?
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boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
36680 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:16 pm to JETigER)
you must have a shitty house
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cigsmcgee 
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Member since May 2012
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| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 8:18 pm to boosiebadazz)
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you must have a shitty trailer
fify
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islandtiger
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2012
510 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 10:14 pm to JETigER)
Not sure if you are infering that your "house" is worth less than $31,000 or if you are commenting on FEMA payments in general. If the latter, I agree. I have family who suffered significant damage to their NJ home from Sandy and received about $30,000 from FEMA. My take is that FEMA does not owe private landowners anything. If you want to live in a hazard zone (floods, fires, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes) be sure to carry sufficient insurance. Otherwise, you should be prepared to cover the damage yourself. Why should US taxpayers encourage wreckless behavior and bail out folks who made poor decisions?
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constant cough 
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Member since Jun 2007
28765 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 10:19 pm to islandtiger)
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Why should US taxpayers encourage wreckless behavior and bail out folks who made poor decisions?
Because Chris Christie is up for re-election?
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RogerTheShrubber
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Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
73745 posts
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| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 10:57 pm to JETigER)
What's this $31,000 for?
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thetigerman
LSU Fan
Member since Sep 2006
1427 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 11:42 pm to islandtiger)
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If you want to live in a hazard zone
Please tell us where non "hazard zones" are so the entire human population can relocate. TIA
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los angeles tiger
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1,601 miles from Tiger Stadium
Member since Oct 2003
54606 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 11:46 pm to thetigerman)
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Please tell us where non "hazard zones" are so the entire human population can relocate. TIA
Every where. That's why individuals should save for a "rainy day" and state governments should have such money set aside for "rainy days." It was not nor should it be the job of the federal government to print money to hand out as it does, which most of it is wasted.
The government didn't rebuild following Katrina. The rebuilding was done mostly by various churches and their denominations.
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thetigerman
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Member since Sep 2006
1427 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/2/13 at 11:49 pm to los angeles tiger)
And some think Obama supporters are all about rainbows and unicorns. 
This post was edited on 1/2 at 11:53 pm
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RogerTheShrubber
LSU Fan
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
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| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/3/13 at 12:01 am to islandtiger)
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I have family who suffered significant damage to their NJ home from Sandy and received about $30,000 from FEMA. My take is that FEMA does not owe private landowners anything. If you want to live in a hazard zone (floods, fires, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes) be sure to carry sufficient insurance. Otherwise, you should be prepared to cover the damage yourself. Why should US taxpayers encourage wreckless behavior and bail out folks who made poor decisions?
Straight payment? For what?
Holy crap.
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i am dan 
Auburn Fan
Member since Aug 2011
2262 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:22 am to RogerTheShrubber)
How much money did the federal government give to all the people affected by the Alabama tornado who suffered home damage or total loss? People may have received money. I have no clue.
Who chooses when money is given out to people incurring losses from natural disasters? Same end result as a family losing their house in NJ. Why wouldn't I get money too?
Would I see a check if lightning struck my house during a thunderstorm and burned it down? Hail damage on my car?
Seriously, where is the line in the sand?
What purpose is homeowners insurance in these instances?
My wife has college loans to pay pack? Why don't the rest of America pay that back for me please. TIA
This post was edited on 1/3 at 10:24 am
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tigeraddict
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
4493 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:27 am to JETigER)
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I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000
get insurance... we are not a nanny state...
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CarrolltonTiger
LSU Fan
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2005
44149 posts
| re: I would trade my house being completely destroyed for $ 31,000 (Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:32 am to RogerTheShrubber)
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What's this $31,000 for?
I think it is probably cheaper to just give out 31K than to actually have a bureaucracy to determine damages the government should cover, handle litigation that claims the claim process is racist, or inequitqble for other reasons, follow up and detect fraud, then prosecute. Lots of fricking work to administer a program, just give em the money.
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