JayB2A t1_j24ytl7 wrote
Reply to comment by IndicationOver in 'This makes my brain hurt': Connecticut used disaster aid to rebuild million-dollar homes by IndicationOver
If you have a multi million dollar house, you don't need any government assistance. You can afford to fix it yourself. Sell it if you can't. We need to stop bailing out rich people with houses built in areas where they know a storm will inevitably damage the building.
Luis__FIGO t1_j269esg wrote
How do you expect to pay for the assistance?
People only pay into it because they can get something out of it when shit hits the fan.
beanie0911 t1_j269iub wrote
So let’s take this one step further. Middle class homes in flood-prone areas in Houston. Poor neighborhoods in historic low-lying areas in New Orleans. Should those people get any assistance the next time their homes get destroyed? I’m genuinely asking. Because I struggle with this question myself. Should we give people vouchers to move somewhere else “safer” instead?
JayB2A t1_j26efkv wrote
Moving them is the best long term solution. It's ridiculous that houses get destroyed and rebuilt every few years. Insurance will eventually refuse to cover costal areas, rates can never go high enough to cover the cost of a hurricane destroying hundreds or thousands of homes every couple years.
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