Some in Congress Question Trump Flood Insurance, Disaster Aid Reforms

By | December 4, 2017

  • December 4, 2017 at 8:09 am
    PolarBeaRepeal says:
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    Another month sees another set of RINOs and Democrats objecting to mitigation of Nat Cat risks for the long-term benefit of US property owners, US taxpayers, and the US economy. Nothing ever seems to change, except for the names of the politicians and some specifics.

    However, I see some positive changes on the horizon.

    MAPOLRA; Make American Property Ownership Less Risky Again!

    • December 4, 2017 at 2:19 pm
      Agent says:
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      Polar, the key sentence is that lawmakers don’t have much appetite to change the existing system. Keep throwing those dollars at a broken system and keep losing. Trump gets resistance no matter what is proposed and how things can be fixed. It is getting old real fast.

  • December 4, 2017 at 1:29 pm
    Jack Kanauph says:
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    1. It doesn’t matter what President TRUMP does, most are going to question it.
    2. Why would President TRUMP buck the system and not keep throwing taxpayer dollars at a problem with no viable fix planned?
    3. People should be thanking President TRUMP for trying to fix this broken piece of government. How many times will we be paying to fix up a house that has flooded multiple times?
    4. Most of the people in need didn’t buy flood insurance and are looking for free money to build again in a flood zone.

  • December 4, 2017 at 2:06 pm
    NY Broker says:
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    We need to find a solution to mitigate the continual damage to homes built in areas prone to flooding. The emergency funds should be used to assist those who experience a freak flooding event, not those who choose to live “on the edge” and do not purchase their own insurance. Reconstruction should not be allowed after a second storm, unless the owner has done what they can to mitigate future damage, such as raising the house, putting in breakaway walls in the basement area, purchase flood insurance. Cities that choose to build apartment complexes in flood prone areas should be required to repair their own properties, when they are damaged by floods. Homes in areas that are subject to consistent and repetitive flood damage should be razed and the owners moved to new locations. Personally, I am tired of seeing my tax dollars going to repair homes that are only going to be damaged again by another flood. Let’s find a way to stop the cycle.

  • December 4, 2017 at 5:00 pm
    PolarBeaRepeal says:
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    This is loosely related to flood loss mitigation:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5144171/Trump-virtually-abolish-Bears-Ears-National-Monument.html

    The concern over the use of public land by private citizens is real. The above action reverses a disturbing trend started by Obama.

    This Land is Your Land.
    This Land is My Land.

    • December 6, 2017 at 4:24 pm
      Agent says:
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      Utah’s land is Utah’s land and they should be able to manage it, not a bureaucrat from DC.

  • December 5, 2017 at 9:47 am
    jw says:
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    The NFIP was started for the Banks and developers to protect their collateral. Nothing will happen unless the Banks sign off. I grew up in coastal N.J. and homes were built out of cheap materials because they washed away every 10 years and no flood insurance, so little investment. But when more substantial homes were built the Banks need protection thus the NFIP. Banks do not want to rely on the fickle ptrivate insurance market the taxpayers must pay the Banks bank.

    • December 8, 2017 at 9:59 am
      PolarBeaRepeal says:
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      Wait! Banks prefer the corrupt, wasteful governments’ management over competitive private markets to protect their mortgage investments? Stop the presses! Banks have all become ‘socialized’ overnight!

  • December 12, 2017 at 4:57 pm
    Agent says:
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    Socialized, Politicized, Corrupt. Need we say more?



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