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global1

(25,225 posts) Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:39 PM Sep 2017

As Climate Change Continues To Devastate The U.S. .....

the monies allotted to rebuild will be a stimulus to the economy. It is a back door way of putting 'infrastructure rebuilding' into effect. It's almost a way of dealing with two major problems at once - climate change and infrastructure rebuilding. It's just ashamed it has to come at the feet of the people that have been ruined by Harvey and Irma.

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As Climate Change Continues To Devastate The U.S. ..... (Original Post) global1 Sep 2017 OP

The real problem comes when it takes 5 years to rebuild and there's only 4 years between storms. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #1

Binkie The Clown

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1. The real problem comes when it takes 5 years to rebuild and there's only 4 years between storms.