Had the tax money been spent properly, the dmg would have been minimal. Without even any monetary compensation, why bother paying for something that doesn't work?
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The problem is that TOO many people expect the Federal government to come to the rescue, whether from a natural disaster (or manmade disaster), or a company's financial disaster. When hurricane Camille wiped out major parts of MS and LA back in the early 1960's, it was the local people and private groups/organizations that helped the people recover, not the Federal government. This is how it should be, but perhaps is no longer possible because over time, they have made the country (citizens and businesses) become dependent on the Federal government in far too many ways.
Sometimes I feel like I'm in Bizzaro World here.
Aren't we supposed to be against people expecting the government to bail them out all the time?
And it's weird to see people here (not necessarily in this conversation, but on the board) complain that it's impossible for anyone to make money , and that it's the government's fault that people are poor.
Where were all these people during the Great Recession when libs were demanding increasing the minimum wage and wanting mandatory living wages? All I remember is being told to pull myself up by my bootlaces when I dared to complain I wasn't making enough money.
Sometimes I see things being said here that would be something a lib would say. It's very weird.
I am pretty sure the attitude that the government should do more, even by "conservatives", is most likely held by people under 50, who have been subject to the leftist education system, in coordination with leftist "news" their whole lives. Those of us over 60 were fortunate enough to make it through public school before they were totally corrupted by leftists. To those of you under 50 who have been able to keep a clear head in regard to how much the Federal government should be involved with; congratulations. To those others, please bone up on American history and consider what you were "taught" in public school, and what you have been fed by leftist media.
To be fair, we are also supposed to be against taxation as well so if we didn't have taxation, people wouldn't expect the taxes to go back to their communities
We've always had taxation, though. In our lifetimes, I mean.
But this whole attitude of expecting the government to bail us out of everything has been fairly new. For conservatives, anyway.