Ron Paul: No Federal Relief for Tornado Victims

[k0liverbby]

Standing by his libertarian principles, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul reiterated his opposition to the Federal Emergency Management Agency when he said victims of the deadly tornadoes that hit Kentucky should not receive federal aid.Last week, a series of storms across the South and Midwest caused injury, property damage and killed

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[nina_vendredi]

Because you know, insurance pays out instantly. If you've got no address for them to send the check to, and didn't have food and water in your emergency supplies, well it's your own fault for not having a second home.

[tiger0range]

Actually, most insurance companies arrange a place to stay while you wait for your home to be rebuilt. They even pay the rent for you in some cases. Which does and doesn't matter as you are still on the hook for your house payments, but it's still nice to not have to worry about that aspect.

[k0liverbby]

it depends on how bad the damage is in that area for a particular insurance company. usually if it's say as big as katrina, you can't bet that they'll provide a different place to stay bc when they anticipate that big of a loss, theyll do whatever they can to get out of it ahead of time

[tiger0range]

I also suppose my perspective is colored by the fact that we had relatively high value accounts for a relatively high value house.

Also, only a small part of the town was hit so it was less likely to overwhelm the system.

BTW interesting anecdote: Whether a place gets FEMA disaster area designation is not related to the severity of damage, but the percentage of uninsured people affected. Ours was hit hard with a lot of damage, but since the area was mostly affluent, everyone was insured and hence it wasn't designated.

[lux_roark]

ER bills are ridiculous. Mine was thankfully only $50 unless I was admitted. Cause then that bill is $500 instead of $50.

[etherealtsuki]

I am pretty grateful for NYC's health coverage program within its hospitals that I could check out those pretty awful migraines I have and wasn't anything serious (I had to pay for a MRI that was $2500, but I only have to pay $150 and hopefully my insurance can cover the rest.

Too bad if I made more than $950 a month, I lose the Medicaid coverage. It's not fun waiting a health scare out, because god forbid you go to Emergency and look at those bills.

That's why I am not so eager to get any job because I need the coverage.

[mdemvizi]

I am pretty sure insurance doesn't cover destruction of roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, etc. You are an idiot Ron Paul.

UGH. My brother stans this man like nothing else and I am pretty sure he has been brainwashed.

[amyura]

This so much. We had the choice of exactly TWO companies for homeowners' insurance-- I'm in a union, and even the union's insurance wouldn't touch us. We don't live in a high-risk zone at ALL, but because our town touches the ocean, even though we're about four miles inland and pretty much immune from any risk you could associate with waterfront property, it's still high enough risk for the insurance carriers.

[dark_puck]

Some parts of it have been known to get hurricanes on rare occasion. Hurricanes tend to prefer pummelling the Gulf before heading up the East Coast. But if I remember right, Katrina did do some damage in Texas. It is right next door to Louisiana.

[xerox78]

I know Katrina hit Mississippi, I don't know about Texas. I do know Texas got hit by Rita shortly afterward.

[layweed]

Galveston got the crap kicked out of it by Ike, and then there's the 1900 storm.