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Not much you can do to stop fires under hurricane force winds with that much fuel to burn. Future change needs to be in infrastructure improvements and building codes for structures and vegetation management. Insurance companies will respond as they need to maintain corporate profits. People and real estate industry will scream about freedom and over regulation. That’s the price of living in sunshine paradise. Looks a lot like the Hawaii fires last year. 

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42 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

"I've never voted in an election in my life."

 

    - 4th&long

 

 

    

You're the only one who cares. I'm not attaching my name to either side or this ***** show. Get off your mother. 

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6 hours ago, Roundybout said:


Human beings should stop defying nature and living in places they were never meant to be. 

Glad someone gets it.  If you can't afford to live in an area, without impacting the environment, then you shouldn't live there.  If you can't afford the necessary insurance to protect your property, then you shouldn't live there.  It's obscene to me that the average taxpayer should be rebuilding millionaire properties in Florida and California on the regular.  This may seem insensitive, but America is founded on taking risks.  If our broke government rebuilds someone's multimillion dollar home, and leaves them with $30M in their bank account, then that's ABSURD to me.  What about the guy who couldn't afford insurance on his $100k home, who lost EVERYTHING?  For him it's just bad luck and poor planning by him, right?

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6 minutes ago, daz28 said:

Glad someone gets it.  If you can't afford to live in an area, without impacting the environment, then you shouldn't live there.  If you can't afford the necessary insurance to protect your property, then you shouldn't live there.  It's obscene to me that the average taxpayer should be rebuilding millionaire properties in Florida and California on the regular.  This may seem insensitive, but America is founded on taking risks.  If our broke government rebuilds someone's multimillion dollar home, and leaves them with $30M in their bank account, then that's ABSURD to me.  What about the guy who couldn't afford insurance on his $100k home, who lost EVERYTHING?  For him it's just bad luck and poor planning by him, right?

So, I understand the point you’re making generally, but where is the government rebuilding $30,000,000 houses for people with $30,000,000 in the bank?  

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2 minutes ago, Biden is Mentally Fit said:

Any links showing this is something that actually happens? Who are the lucky beneficiaries?

For the last 30 year period, FEMA alone has spent about $12 billion/year.  There's literally a federal insurance program that subsidizes beach front properties, and that costs you and I $1.4B/year.  Not only do they receive FEMA funds, but they also get massive tax relief as well.  The tax relief can also be included on top of insurance claims.  The last trump farmer bailout sent checks to millionaires, who weren't even farmers.  There's MASSIVE grift in disaster relief:  Trump USDA farmer bailout funds flowed to Mar-a-Lago neighbor instead | Environmental Working Group

15 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

So, I understand the point you’re making generally, but where is the government rebuilding $30,000,000 houses for people with $30,000,000 in the bank?  

Look up disaster tax relief.  It used to be that it had to effect 10% of your AGI income before you could apply.  Biden just removed that, and now it only requires a $500 minimum loss to apply.  The tax code in itself is a joke. 

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4 minutes ago, daz28 said:

For the last 30 year period, FEMA alone has spent about $12 billion/year.  There's literally a federal insurance program that subsidizes beach front properties, and that costs you and I $1.4B/year.  Not only do they receive FEMA funds, but they also get massive tax relief as well.  The tax relief can also be included on top of insurance claims.  The last trump farmer bailout sent checks to millionaires, who weren't even farmers.  There's MASSIVE grift in disaster relief:  Trump USDA farmer bailout funds flowed to Mar-a-Lago neighbor instead | Environmental Working Group

The answer to the question “can you provide a link showing the government rebuilds multimillion dollar homes” is no. Could have saved yourself some typing. 

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41 minutes ago, Biden is Mentally Fit said:

The answer to the question “can you provide a link showing the government rebuilds multimillion dollar homes” is no. Could have saved yourself some typing. 

It's a tax write off, but yes I don't have that specific example.  I was just pointing out that subsidizing risk for millionaires to live in high risk areas  is dumb.  You'd think most people would agree on that.  If they can afford their own repairs, they shouldn't be getting a cent. 

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6 hours ago, daz28 said:

 If you can't afford to live in an area, without impacting the e What about the guy who couldn't afford insurance on his $100k home, who lost EVERYTHING?  For him it's just bad luck and poor planning by him, right?

Even the Beverly Hillbillies' log cabin  would be >1 mil nowadays anywhere in CA.  There was a 800 soft dilapidated house in San Jose with the roof collapsing 25 yeats ago that was going for 750K. The land was worth ore than that.

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All should listen to these Adam Carolla clips. He applied to be an LA firefighter but had to wait seven YEARS to take the test because he wasn't black, hispanic or female. So he went into construction and got to witness first hand the out of control permitting process.  You've already got pissed off very rich deep blue leftists, but just wait and see what happens when they try to rebuild.

 

 

 

 

 

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