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I agree, it seems exactly that simple.

• Filligree 9y ago
  That's what flood insurance is for. In a socialist democracy you'd be right, but in case of the USA, it seems more appropriate to require that homeowners get insurance.
  • kodablah 9y ago
    I think in this case, you would actually require federal-government-decision insurance. The downstream residents very well might not have flooded had the federal government done nothing (of course we can agree that what they did was probably best). We should not pretend that another entity directly causing this shouldn't be held responsible, even if it was the right decision.
    • Filligree 9y ago
      They might have, sure, but the plan for doing so was in place before the houses were built. They can't claim to be surprised about this.
  • amaranth 9y ago
    Flood insurance is a government run program that is pretty "socialist" in the sense you seem to be implying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Flood_Insurance_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Flood_Insurance_Progr...