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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
After Katrina, many people on this board lambasted those who lived in New Orleans for owning a house in a city that was susceptible to flooding and hurricanes. Several said we shouldn't even bother rebuilding.
Why no criticism for those in the Midwest now? The people who are losing their homes now are the same ones who lost them in 1993. Should the government help them?
And yes, I think the government clearly should help them. Just pointing out the clear hypocrisy that I am guessing was largely race driven.
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My thoughts:
1. No, the govt shouldn't help them. They built in a floodplain, it's their tough crap if they didn't have flood insurance.
2. The amount of whiners crying for a govt bailout is significantly less in this case than in the Katrina case. I'm guessing that lack of major outcry on the part of concerned citizens like yourself is largely race driven.