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Referring to JustAGuy's letter: um, it's not just your tax dollars. It's their tax dollars too. They people of NOLA worked, paid taxes, and have every right to expect help in a time of disaster for the money they've paid in.
Flood insurance is a great idea. But when the flood insurance company says, no, the wind did it, and your regular insurance says, no the water did it -- and therefore, neither pays -- well, what then?
Should they live in a "disaster-prone" area? There isn't a zone in the United States that isn't prey to one disaster or another. Hurricanes. Floods. Fires. Earthquakes. Tornados. If there is some section of the US that is free from any threat of natural disaster, is everyone in the US supposed to squeeze into it?
But what's really scary here, is the underlying idea - "my" tax dollars versus "theirs". Is this still the "United" States, or are we headed for something else entirely?
