FEMA Disaster Deductible Could Survive Trump Deregulation Drive

By | February 3, 2017

  • February 4, 2017 at 7:46 am
    TrumPolarBear says:
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    The deductible concept isn’t partisan and will be retained by TrumPresident. But long run cost sharing for natural disasters needs to be revised so states most at risk determine and implement plans to mitigate their risks.

    Flood risks, for example, exist in every state, but are more prevalent in some states than others. So those states with greater risk of flood should develop individual or regional plans to mitigate that risk.

    Disaster preparedness should be separated from the ongoing debate on the effects of humans, if of any significance, on global climate change. Otherwise, the necessary preparations for natural disasters occurring every year will suffer.

    The building industry should not fear revised building codes on a national / federal basis under a TrumPresident administration. As we have seen, there is an executive order in place now to reduce regulations, which essentially requires rigid testing of existing regulations which may be antiquated and inefficient before new regs may be introduced. Further, federal regs for building standards are likely to set limiting parameters and rules rather than specific standards, so that states may devise their own codes to be compliant with standards set by (hopefully wise) experts.

    • February 6, 2017 at 10:38 am
      TrumPolarBear says:
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      Several people who down-voted the above post seem to have NOTHING useful or deifying to offer in a debate of the issue. I suspect there are several paid-by-George Sore-ass internetrolls involved. If I have guessed wrong, at least ONE of the down-voters can prove me wrong by posting an intelligent, coherent, counter point.

      That’s my challenge… down voters. Care to respond with a rebuttal?

      Ready,… steady,… GO!

      • February 6, 2017 at 10:39 am
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        First sentence in post above should be ‘edifying’, not ‘deifying’. LOL at the polar opposite meanings due to that typo!

  • February 7, 2017 at 2:45 pm
    Just Facts says:
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    FEMA seems to forget that states and local governments already pay a deductible in the form of a 25% cost share they must pay on every disaster assistance dollar approved. The Stafford Act (which authorizes disaster assistance) also requires the federal government to pay at least a 75% cost share of disaster assistance costs and any additional deductible would reduce the amount below that required level. FEMA spends approximately 23% of disaster dollars on program administration, which is extraordinarily high. They need to implement a modern grants management process and system to reduce these costs, before pushing any additional disaster assistance costs to state and local governments.



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