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"proffsl" <proffsl@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, I've heard enough about this Planned Community stuff.
>
> What the United States is supposed to be all about is:  Making one's
> own choices and reaping one's own consequences.

agreed

>
> If the consequences of one's choices leads to profit.  So be it.

agreed

>
> If the consequences of one's choices leads to loss.  So be it.

agreed

>
> This notion that the rest of the US is someone responsible for the
> choices of those who live in hurricane areas is absurd, and only leads
> to the more absurd notion that people should be told where they may or
> may not choose to live.
>

So I take it you believe that the U.S. should not spend ONE PENNY to help
the people in the areas affected by Katrina and Rita?  If people are
responsible for their own choices, and consequences thereof, then the rest
of the U.S. should wash their hands of the situation completely.  That is,
the U.S. shouldn't dictate to people where they should live, but also should
not help people if they make unwise choices that predictably lead to great
loss of life and property.  In other words, if you want the freedom to be
irresponsible, don't go crying to other people when your irresponsible
behavior bites you in the ass.  We are in agreement, right?

You can't have your cake and eat it, too.  Your freedom ends where you
expect the children of others to go deep in debt paying for your own unwise
decisions.  IMHO  Rebuilding New Orleans for example . . . would cost less
than we've spent rebuilding infrastructure in Iraq in the past year.  But we
don't have the money to rebuild New Orleans because all of our money has
been thrown at Iraq.  So we'll end up borrowing hundreds of billions of
dollars to rebuild New Orleans.  This is a tax on FUTURE generations.  Why
bother?  Before the money borrowed to rebuild New Orleans is ever repaid,
New Orleans will likely get wiped out several more times by future
hurricanes.  So what is the answer?  Well, don't rebuild New Orleans is the
obvious immediate answer.  Either that, or ask Iraq for a refund of all the
money we've spent there, and use THAT to rebuild New Orleans.  But that
still won't solve the problem of people living in areas that are hit with
hurricanes on a yearly basis (some years worse than others).  So we need to
decide whether we are going to move people out of those hurricane-prone
areas, or force them to assume the risk for their own bad decisions.  (that
is, not send in aid, and not rebuild the areas, when future hurricanes wipe
them out)   I think it's a better idea to move people out of hurricane-prone
areas before future disasters happen, as we obviously KNOW that hurricanes
do happen.    -Dave