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re: Should Trump also do away with FEMA?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:09 am to BobBoucher
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:09 am to BobBoucher
quote:I have a white friend in Monroe who lost his house in the flood a year ago and he was denied assistance from FEMA because some of the questions FEMA asked him were a catch 22 and because he wasn't a a minority he didn't even get one of those shitty free debit cards they were handing out like chiclets.
Lot of what FEMA does is legit. Public assistance reimburses local government and maybe even things like utility companies for restoration of services after a disaster - things that could bankrupt those companies and insurers. This is the less visible but arguable most important part.
His house was subsequently required to have $8k/yr flood insurance even though the flooding was historic and he's unable to afford to rebuild it or sell it now that the flood insurance is so ridiculous no one wants it and he still has a mortgage note.
Nobody is buying a house worth 80k with a $8k/yr albatross hanging around it's neck in Monroe la.
Long story short he's living with a friend in a trailer and can't figure out a solution to get out of the hole.
He works for CenturyLink but has a very modest income obviously.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 10:17 am
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:10 am to Zephyrius
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Fema is now ramping up the Louisiana project to make payments to flood victims without insurance... Frankly, I'd be pissed having contributed to insurance over the years but my neighbor who never had flood insurance is going to be benefited through FEMA. And to add salt to the wound, flood rates likely going up now. Why even get flood insurance????
It's honestly not benefiting them really. They are getting some money, but not enough to shake a stick at. Those paying premiums are the ones benefiting. They get everything paid for (basically), fema does not pay everything.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:12 am to CelticDog
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Republican way:
End fema. End federally subsidized flood insurance.
You are on your own.
Do it now. Dem congress in 2018.
The us doesnt have the money to pay for it. Im all for it when the debt goes down. over half of the national debt is going to entitlement programs. So as of now i want payments to go down so we can eliminate most of this debt.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:25 am to LSUTANGERINE
quote:You've described the mindset of essentially every American.
people here who preach personal responsibility and are against government handouts but are the same ones who gladly deposited their FEMA check from The flood.
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