Post some sources, as this will have an effect on the argument. best I can find is this ==> http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/anxiety-spreads-over-soaring-flood-insurance-rates/2140996 many other (newspaper) sources seem to have paywalls..
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I’d be glad to but as with most government programs getting things broken out is difficult ,, they specialize in obfuscation.
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copied from Matt Weidners website (Tampa Lawyer)
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The 2014 Biggert Waters Flood Insurance Ripoff, 10 Key Facts And URGENT Advice For Consumers!
September 28, 2013
by Matt Weidner
Flood Insurance- The Biggert Waters Flood Act
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The reporting is becoming more and more persistent…people are starting to realize that they’ve lost everything. All the equity in their homes is gone. Entire sectors of the economy have been devastated. Realtors that worked Florida marketplaces can kiss their jobs and livelihoods goodbye.
And while there are whispers of solutions or ways to work around this catastrophe, I can tell you that the changes are here and this problem is not going away. With talk of a complete federal government shutdown, there is zero chance that Congress will do any thing to address this catastrophe and the state is completely incapable of doing so.
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With that in mind, I wanted to provide 10 Flood Insurance Key Facts that all consumers need to know:
1. Flood insurance rates will rise 25% per year….indefinitely.
2. Florida has 4 times the policies of any other state
3. Florida paid $16 Billion, received just under $4 billion over the 35 year life of the program
4. Florida alone would be paying 60% of the premiums for the entire country.
5. Florida has approximately 2 million flood policies
6. 270,000 Florida properties could face huge flood insurance rate hikes, three times more than the next most-affected state, New Jersey.
7. Pinellas County accounts for 51,000 of the policies impacted by the Biggert-Waters changes
8. 14,484 Hillsborough County properties could lose their subsidized rates over time. In Pasco, the number is 11,413; in Hernando, 1,044; in Citrus, 2,882.
9. Whether you pay a premium of $4500 or $45,000, the maximum payout for flood insurance is $250,000 and paid coverage events are very limited.
And the most important fact:
10. The Biggert Waters Flood Act Will Cause Complete Devastation of Florida Real Estate!
And isn't Sen Landrieu from Louisiana? The state where people build cities on land lower than sea level, right next to the Gulf of Mexico, and many large long rivers?
(And then refused to evacuate when a Cat5 was bearing directly at them)?
Have you ever visited any of the large inland parks in Florida?
Such as “Florida Caverns State Park” in Marianna?
Nice trails and bridge systems, overlooking what the Florida real estate industry doesn't want anyone to know are old sinkholes.
I think many people north of I-10 have now heard of a few cases regarding sinkholes in the last couple of years...
In the interest of fairness, Florida should require all Realtors who sell to out of state land buyers, to take them on a tour of one of the many sinkhole “parks” prior to closing on a property sale.
Property values will drop dramatically, so will property taxes, and perhaps we Floridians can rid the state of liberal Yankee carpetbaggers who come here to declare bankruptcy from their home states!
“best I can find is this “
No LOL!
Look, I’m interested in the problem but your inadvertant, I assume, dishonesty is not helping you.
Be calm despite whatever hardship this law imposes on you if you wish to sway people who aren’t affected -we’re paying for the subsidy after all.
Or be emotional and forget the appeal to reason. But you can’t do both.