Bigfoot 88
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I honestly don't know. I think if we have money for war and humanitarian aid for countries I could give two squirts of piss about, we should have some help for my fellow Americans. If a bunch of Middle East assholes rammed planes into all these homes no one would have any qualms. Of course, I'm just using common sense so don't mind me. Go on with your thread.
US Industry Profit Margins:
Healthcare insures skim 15 to 25% from our premiums and do nothing to make us healthy. That's alot of money just to cut the checks.
The only "epidemic" I see happening is a total loss of any form of civilized behavior from the far right. You are a perfect example.
Emulating the Nazi dream of the master race will not get you any further than carrying pictures of Chairmen Mao.
The damage is estimated at $20 BILLION plus. Insurance is estimated to only cover half, few homes have full coverage and many have no insurance coverage at all. Should taxpayers pay to rebuilt homes damaged or destroyed by hurricane Sandy?
I honestly don't know. I think if we have money for war and humanitarian aid for countries I could give two squirts of piss about, we should have some help for my fellow Americans. If a bunch of Middle East assholes rammed planes into all these homes no one would have any qualms. Of course, I'm just using common sense so don't mind me. Go on with your thread.
Do you like not being a subsistence farmer?
I honestly don't know. I think if we have money for war and humanitarian aid for countries I could give two squirts of piss about, we should have some help for my fellow Americans. If a bunch of Middle East assholes rammed planes into all these homes no one would have any qualms. Of course, I'm just using common sense so don't mind me. Go on with your thread.
So I get two empty replies. No disagreements just empty replies challenging common sense. Yes Utah I donated money. Give me one good reson though that says spending money abroad is a better idea than helping out other Americans. Why there is even people that question this is annoying.
Everywhere in the civilized world, whenever something like this happens, aid is sent to the region to help rebuild. For the US government to abandon its own people is absurd. It gave millions to Haiti when the Earthquake hit... it should give much, much more to its own citizens.
So I get two empty replies. No disagreements just empty replies challenging common sense. Yes Utah I donated money. Give me one good reson though that says spending money abroad is a better idea than helping out other Americans. Why there is even people that question this is annoying.
should we raise taxes to do this? or add to our ever escalating national debt?
No, we should allocate funds to give the necessarily relief. I'm sure the military could use a budget cut or two, and there're some subsidies that don't need to be there.
We have the money, we're just using it poorly.
Yes, but not increasing the current spending. It's taking funds we'd spend elsewhere and using them for disaster relief.allocate funds? isn't that spending money?
as for subsidies, which ones do you want reduced? which one do you consider untouchable?
The subsidies I want reduced are those that reward stupidity...
like those who build on flood prone property.
If they want to build there, fine, but no more govt subsidized flood insurance, they get to pay full price.
Yes, but not increasing the current spending. It's taking funds we'd spend elsewhere and using them for disaster relief.
Subsidies for the development/extraction of non-renewable fuels and manufacturing subsides should be reduced, if not completely cut.
Be that as it may, the people living in flood prone property aren't generally the same who built there. We shouldn't punish these people.
what? Regardless of whether they built it there or not, they still chose to live there. And it is their responsibility to find out, and I believe you are told when you buy/rent property if it is in a flood zone.Be that as it may, the people living in flood prone property aren't generally the same who built there. We shouldn't punish these people.
what? Regardless of whether they built it there or not, they still chose to live there. And it is their responsibility to find out, and I believe you are told when you buy/rent property if it is in a flood zone.
I never said punish them, just don't reward them for their stupidity.....
and I am pretty sure they weren' forced to buy those homes built in flood prone areas...
Life sucks sometimes when you don't prepare, they took a gamble. You learn and move on. There is always help, but rebuilding your house at the cost of the tax payers?
how so? what industry am I advocating subsidies for?You're punishing them by not giving them much needed disaster relief.
Like I said before, "there are other factors[in choosing where to live], job availability, cost, needing to be near family, quality of education, etc."
So instead of wanting to help them, you advocate for subsidizing a soon to be failing industry. Nice.
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