"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...
On 6/21/13 12:27 AM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 5/21/13 5:38 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:37:09 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) will insist that any federal aid to deal with
the tornado in his home state must be offset by budget cuts.
“He will ask his colleagues to sacrifice lower priority areas of the
budget to help Oklahoma,” spokesman John Hart said. Should other
Republicans join Coburn, it could set up a fight similar to the January
tug-of-war over Hurricane Sandy funding. That aid package was delayed by
GOP opposition and ultimately passed with mostly Democratic support.
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Sure, Tom...just eliminate the tax bennies for the oil companies in your
state, eh?
I am OK with taking that money out of Oklahoma's slice of the pie.
I do wonder what kind of money your typical Okie pays for insurance.
Here in Florida it can easily be over $5k a year for a fairly modest
home with a very large deductible in the case of storm damage.
Oklahoma is in the top three of states requiring federal disaster
assistance. The other two are Texas and California.
I wonder if Oklahoma folks are in some special homeowners' insurance
pool because of their location in tornado alley. Paying more in Florida
or, in fact, right along the east coast, seems reasonable, what with the
frequent hurricanes.
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That’s list seems a little odd. Most of our disaster assistance is
forest fires. And OK has had tornados, but cost wise over the years, I
would figure hurricane and flood damage to be top of the list. And that
is the south and midwest.
My personal favorite in government and insurance stupidity is in making
federal flood insurance available to property owners who live right
along the coastal shorelines on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
You just *know* what is going to happen there, sooner or later, and
perhaps more than once. Shoreline development should not be encouraged
in areas known to welcome hurricanes.
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The Russian River here floods regularly. Well gets very high. Flooded
vacation homes along the river. Maybe 20 years ago, the government said no
more disaster relief, build in a flood plane, and you pay for it. Except,
the state legislature was bought and declared a huge area near Sacramento,
not a flood plane. Now when the Feather River levee breaks, the state
taxpayers are on the hook for any damage.
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