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By kalispelling bee on 01-04-13 @ 1:09 pm
That’s shameful.
By Mark W. on 01-04-13 @ 2:42 pm
Here you go, bee. Knock yourself out.
https://sandynjrelieffund.org/index.html
By montanaeasy56 on 01-04-13 @ 9:26 pm
I suspect this hypocrit will vote to continue the welfare programs for east side farmers and corporations…but not for people who live in blue states. America is becoming politically SCARY.
By Westside2 on 01-05-13 @ 2:57 am
God help us if we have a natural disaster here in Montana!
By Gabby Johnson on 01-05-13 @ 7:03 am
So Daines is saying to those who paid premiums into the Federal Flood Insurance program thatwhen you file a claim, you won’t get a dime?
Seems to me he needs to go back to school and learn what a contract is.
By ride4fun on 01-05-13 @ 8:38 am
Totally agree with you Gabby…..let’s hope Mr. Daines doesn’t have a natural disaster happen tohis home. Might change his viewpoint.
By montanaeasy56 on 01-05-13 @ 10:27 am
This guy reminds me of Marlenee. Those around at the time remember what a champion Marlenee was for the timber industry. At every turn he did all he could to stop “frivilous”
lawsuits from environmental whackos when they would appeal a timber sale. he called those
folks, “unAmerican”, nazis, etc. But when the F.S. put up a sale adjacent to land that he owned
down near Bozeman, guess who was one of the first to file a “frivilous” lawsuit to stop the
timber sale….none other than the self-professed “champion” of the timber industry. Daines will
be the same way. He is the exact repilca of what America is becoming. The only time most in
this country get excited about an issue is when it DIRECTLY affects them…otherwise screw the
rest of the people….“I don’t want my tax dollars going to help those idiots on the eat coast or
the west coast…those people chose to live there….THEY need to pay for their decisions”...How
many times have you heard your neighbors say that?
By mooseberryinn on 01-05-13 @ 6:40 pm
Where are the Insurance companies who issued the policies?
By Mark Phillips on 01-05-13 @ 10:23 pm
Jeez AlcesAlcesScatAuberge, The policy holder for flooding is you. Every good conservative I know is a freak for contracts. Pay up.
By Craig moore on 01-06-13 @ 11:53 am
I look at the “No” vote as an appeal for a time out. Congress can schedule additional votesany time it wants. The Federal Flood Insurance Fund was $20B in the red before Sandy. Now it
is about $30B. Here’s why the time out is important: Fix the problem!!!!!
As to those that argue just pay the claims because there is a contract, guess what?, when a
commercial insurance company is broke claims go unpaid. There is NO commercial insurance for
flood risks. The federal fund was to fill the hole. Now, how about a conversation to return
the fund to solvency and sustainability before exacerabating the problem which is a microcosm of
what’s wrong with government spending? THEN, let’s replenish the fund.
By Gabby Johnson on 01-06-13 @ 4:32 pm
I tend to agree that the federal government should not be in the insurance business. One thing’s for sure, the “debate” about climate change would end once the number crunchers
assessed real risk from scientific data and set premiums accordingly.
A couple trillion dollars worth of coastal and inland flood-prone property would become
uninsurable, food prices would soar without crop insurance and every nuclear power plant in the
country would have to shut down immediately.
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