atomic punk
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Every country in the world was founded by immigrants at some time or another.
Arrests at my dealership..North County Toyota
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abin
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Thanks.Iowa4Runner said:
I don't care too much on flood of people or people on flood. People of BIG EASY need trailers to live in. There are 150000 fulfilled but still need 190000 more. It seems there will be a lot of employment opportunities to produce these trailers for them.
Check out the video for trailer detail. I think 4Runner with V8 should have the power to tow them around.
http://www.infowars.com/video/clips/news/100705_fema_trailer_town.htm
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abin said:
The "BIG EASY"... I love it. You know, I personally chose to purchase a house on a hill, NOT in a flood plain. If the people in New Orleans want to live below sea level with an ocean on one side and a huge lake many times larger than their city on the other side, then that's their problem and they should assume the risk of living in such an area. I have no sympathy for that decision. Any reasonably intelligent person would have purchased flood insurance and, after Katrina ripped through, would have taken what's left, gotten their insurance settlement, and started their life somewhere else and gotten a job. I live in San Antonio, where there are still HUNDREDS of unemployed Katrina 'victims' as they chose to call themselves. You are only a victim if you let it take over you. These people are not even TRYING to get a job. This city is growing TREMENDOUSLY with an insane amount of construction lately and there are THOUSANDS of jobs here, anything from delivery of materials to actual construction labor, plus all the new shops being built need employees, etc... ANYTHING to get you back on your feet. But do they seek these jobs? No, they sit on their butts waiting for the next government handout.
I have no sympathy for the ones that still 'need help'... They should help themselves at this point.
Ricky
Jeff Kleb
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What it all comes down to is that if you subsidize something, you will get more of it. This is true whether it is illegal immigration or building in a flood plain. People will always follow the $$ - whether it is for the better or for the worse.
Regarding the illegal immigration, trying to plug the border is like sticking a finger in a dike - and will prove futile. So long as there are people in the USA who are willing to hire illegal immigrants, more of them will keep trying to come here. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that concept!
Special interests on both the 'left' and the 'right' preserve their power by having a large pool of poor, uneducated people flowing across our border. Unfortunately for the entire nation, any country which cannot protect/control its own borders will eventually lose its sovereignty.
The 'big business right' loves a large(r) pool of cheap labor, where they can hire folks at lower pay - while avoiding the true costs (insurance, tax, welfare, health care, etc.) to society. Why should they care about the future of the USA if they can make a few bucks?
The 'big government left' salivates at millions of future constituents who will demand more government services, more social programs and other such taxpayer-funded activities that will eventually subsidize their residency in our country. Hey, just think of how so many of those politicians can ensure constant re-election by providing easy access to our welfare system for untold millions of new people!
The "middle Americans" (folks such as you and me) end up having our taxes raised, our net wages lowered and our way of life threatened by those who have sold us down the river for short-term monetary gain or an ability to garner some political power.
Now, as for New Orleans, I think parts of the city will come back....but it just won't be exactly what it was before. Sadly, because of efforts on behalf of some seedy characters, property will be developed in flood-prone areas (much of it at taxpayer expense) and our kids will be having this same argument a generation from now.
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Bluto said:
The price you gotta' pay to play....
Those that can afford beach-front housing in a 25-year flood plain should be able to accept the fact that a hurricane, flood, tsunami, whatever could potentially destroy their belongings every 25 years (on average) and they should budget accordingly. It's like owning a Ferrari. You may be able to afford to purchase the car, but if you can't afford the $800 oil changes or the $25,000 ceramic brake jobs, you can't very well afford to own the car.
Ricky
Bluto
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RickyCRX said:
It is like a 96% chance. It is cheaper to elevate an existing home than pay the insurance. New homes in high risk areas are 12-14' above mean high tide. It is the old homes and low income resident who pay dearly. It is a decision they have to live with.
Saying people in New Orleans should of been intelligent enough to buy flood insurance is absurd. I would not consider their homes of 'Ferrari' status.
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Bluto said:
That's not what I was referring to when I said that. I was referring to the other guy who lives right by 'the bay'...
However, that's not to say that I don't stand by what I said before; it should have been mandatory that New Orleans residents purchase flood insurance give the fact of where they live (in a swamp).
Ricky
Bluto
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RickyCRX said:
Sorry if I misquoted you.
Why make insurance mandatory?
If people want to live in a flood zone, tornado ally, wildfire central, earthquakes, they have options:
Pay the insurance up front
or
Deal with the cost to start over later (loans).
When people get wiped out with no insurance, all types of loans are available to recover.
Pay the insurance companies up front, or pay the banks later.
Bluto said:
I'm all for that, but when the lazy a$$es that call themselves 'victims' want handouts from me (via the government and the taxes I pay), I can't stand that. They need to help themselves (as you said, by getting a loan and working for a living to pay it off).
Ricky
