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Do we need a national catastrophe fund?

Do we need a national catastrophe fund?

  • yes

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • no

    Votes: 3 42.9%

  • Total voters
    7

Trajan Octavian Titus

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Today in the editorial section of the St. Petersburg times Florida Governor Jeb Bush proposed a national catastrophe fund to help combat the often national impacts on the economy due to regional disasters. The money would come from a portion of property insurance premiums which insurance companies already collect and this money would be grown tax free creating a national pool for extreme catastrophic losses an adding an additional level of policyholder protection while at the same time spreading the risk of catastrophic events across the insurance industry nation wide. Furthermore; it would allow Washington to implement higher standards for disaster preparedness and recovery.

St. Petersburg Times 15A 8-21-05
 
The way I look at it is that Florida and those other hurricane magnets need to start building their homes and businesses to withstand the hurricanes.
 
jamesrage said:
The way I look at it is that Florida and those other hurricane magnets need to start building their homes and businesses to withstand the hurricanes.

Well it wouldn't be just for hurricanes it would be used in the event of earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, mudslides, floods, and god forbid another terrorist attack, oh and after Andrew hit Fl. housing regulations have become very strict.
 
I thought the republicans were supposed to be against big government?

Instead of FEMA awarding all these grants to different state organizations across the country....(one fire department in Texas asked for a grant for about $80,000 for some sort of new equipment, and FEMA gave them $200,000)...why not just stop FEMA from giving away all this extra money and make them save it for national disasters...that's supposed to be their job, isn't it? Or is this just more political payola?
 
Orignally posted by Trajan Octavian Titus
Well it wouldn't be just for hurricanes it would be used in the event of earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, mudslides, floods, and god forbid another terrorist attack, oh and after Andrew hit Fl. housing regulations have become very strict.

The stricter regulations are a good thing,hopefully that will mean we will quit seeing popsicles sticks in piles on tv after a hurricanes.
 
The way we keep polluting and destroying the environment, yeah, I would think we would need a national catastrophe fund.
 
Originally posted by TimmyBoy
The way we keep polluting and destroying the environment, yeah, I would think we would need a national catastrophe fund.

Not one of you people.Go bitch about the enviroment in another thread.
 
jamesrage said:
Not one of you people.Go bitch about the enviroment in another thread.

Ohh, I am sorry, I didn't realize this was a conservative only thread. No differring views allowed. My bad! Not that consider myself exactly liberal.
 
Ohh, I am sorry, I didn't realize this was a conservative only thread. No differring views allowed. My bad! Not that consider myself exactly liberal.

There is another forum section for bullshit scumbag hippy america hating conspiracy theories.
 
jamesrage said:
There is another forum section for bullshit scumbag hippy america hating conspiracy theories.

Ohh so you think the pollution and subsequent destruction of the environment is a "conspiracy theory"?
 
Ohh so you think the pollution and subsequent destruction of the environment is a "conspiracy theory"?

Why most of the global warming garbage spews out of the mouths of pinko commie, anti-capitalist, anti-american, socialist scum.So yes most of it is bullshit when considering the source that it comes from.You are no different than a Nazi who only listens to sources that back up what he beleaves and disreguards all other sources that contridicts his views.
 
Hoot said:
I thought the republicans were supposed to be against big government?

Instead of FEMA awarding all these grants to different state organizations across the country....(one fire department in Texas asked for a grant for about $80,000 for some sort of new equipment, and FEMA gave them $200,000)...why not just stop FEMA from giving away all this extra money and make them save it for national disasters...that's supposed to be their job, isn't it? Or is this just more political payola?

I'm not sure I am catching your drift here, what does a fund pooled from insurance company premiums which they already collect from the people they insure have to do with big goverenment? This would not be payed for by the tax payers and would only serve to help take the strain of the insurance companies following major disasters. Personally I think it's a good idea and I can't really see any drawbacks to it.
 
We dont want an amtrack type system. Each state should have a stock pile of water, food, medicine and tents. Under the control of the national guard. And then there should be a back up private fund in each state. Hopefully this would be a state funded program for the national guard. And also, my hope would be that the people of each state would take pride in making sure their private fund was well stocked. If third world type of corrupt states like Arkansas and Louisiana need fed funds, they should be watched closely.
 
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