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stopbush

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5. On a sliding scale, of course. If you choose to live in a high-risk zone,

Reply to SoCalDem (Original post)

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 05:03 PM

Sep 2017

it costs you more. If you live in a low-risk zone, it costs you less.

OR, we could do what we do now: offer flood and other disaster insurance to people in high-risk zones. Make it mandatory.

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America needs "super dooper disaster insurance", that every home owner has to buy [View all] SoCalDem Sep 2017 OP

Almost like an insurance program for health that tax dollars would support? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #1

being in Florida onethatcares Sep 2017 #2

individual mandate vlyons Sep 2017 #3

How are you going to keep the politicians ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #4

Absolutely. Cause they will. they always have. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #9

On a sliding scale, of course. If you choose to live in a high-risk zone, stopbush Sep 2017 #5

Some of us like living in areas with little chance of such disasters dbackjon Sep 2017 #6

I find you can buy hurricane insurance in Wyoming, earthquake insurance in Florida Motley13 Sep 2017 #7

You can buy earthquake insurance in CA wryter2000 Sep 2017 #8

That sounds like a tax ...no GOP would go for it. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #10

That's the major flaw in everything Republicans stand for. procon Sep 2017 #11