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Rocky Mountain News ^ | June 10, 2006 | Todd Hartman

[Fruitbat]

I'm not sure if we're losing each other here.

I'm against citizens receiving anything in the way of reimbursement for property for stuff like Katrina.

Water, food, short-term (days/weeks, perhaps months at the longest for extreme circumstances) assistance with temp housing, and perhaps some logistical help are fine.

But when FEMA ends up paying for people to live for nearly a year after something like that while handing out credit cards that go for utterly unnecessary things, then that's a total slap in the face to the American taxpayer, namely you, I, and everyone else that pays taxes.

Bottom line, if people don't have insurance for their homes/property, TFB. Time to file for bankrupcy and start over. The irresponsible trump the responsible and are rewarded for their irresponsibility and cognizant risk taking. Am I incorrect, or are some people not receiving money for their property in NO, AL, and MS?

If I had one of those homes in NO (AL or MS) that was destroyed completely, I'd take the insurance money, or the hit if I didn't have insurance, and move elsewhere never even giving returning to those areas a thought. I don't care if my great, great, great, .... grandmommy lived there in 1610. I'd uproot completely, leave, go elsewhere where there aren't the flooding, landslide, or earthquake risks and live there.

Meanwhile, as you say, or rather imply perhaps, the cost of implementing FEMAs efforts probably reduce the efficacy of every dollar collected to a matter of pennies as they pay their overhead and indirectly pay into the corruption along the way.