Comments on: Obama Tries to Scale Back Government Flood Insurance http://www.frumforum.com/obama-tries-to-scale-back-government-flood-insurance Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DFL http://www.frumforum.com/obama-tries-to-scale-back-government-flood-insurance/comment-page-1#comment-69754 DFL Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:58:48 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14305#comment-69754 The Obama Administration is largely correct on this issue. In a time of skyrocketing red ink, Federal Flood Insurance amounts to a subsidy to the affluent. The Obama Administration is largely correct on this issue. In a time of skyrocketing red ink, Federal Flood Insurance amounts to a subsidy to the affluent.

]]> By: balconesfault http://www.frumforum.com/obama-tries-to-scale-back-government-flood-insurance/comment-page-1#comment-69725 balconesfault Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:49:47 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14305#comment-69725 <b>There are way too many people living in the desert, defying common sense.</b> What's ironic is that those people living in the desert tend to be the most opposed to the involvement of the federal government ... while their very lifestyles would be impossible without some of the massive federal water and reclamation projects of the last 80 years. There are way too many people living in the desert, defying common sense.

What’s ironic is that those people living in the desert tend to be the most opposed to the involvement of the federal government … while their very lifestyles would be impossible without some of the massive federal water and reclamation projects of the last 80 years.

]]> By: LauraNo http://www.frumforum.com/obama-tries-to-scale-back-government-flood-insurance/comment-page-1#comment-69711 LauraNo Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:17:24 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14305#comment-69711 We are going to need a national conversation about water soon, too. There are way too many people living in the desert, defying common sense. We are going to need a national conversation about water soon, too. There are way too many people living in the desert, defying common sense.

]]> By: balconesfault http://www.frumforum.com/obama-tries-to-scale-back-government-flood-insurance/comment-page-1#comment-69582 balconesfault Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:49:30 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14305#comment-69582 Yow. An article about the Obama Administration that doesn't find the worst thing about the current status of some program and make that the focus (in this case, that after 9 long months in office the Administration still hasn't taken serious steps to reduce Federal liability for flood damage). Isn't this some form of targeting the rich? After all, they're the ones who have most benefitted from high dollar development on beaches that are threatened both by long-term processes (erosion) as well as short-term (hurricanes and other natural disasters). Can't this be spun as another instance of class warfare? Sorry for the snark. This is a well written piece, and it's highlighting a place where the Obama Admin is targeting an issue where conservative (reduce Federal involvement) and liberal (environmental protection) merge. And the more conservatives support these processes, rather than reflexively attacking them as a means to bog down the administration in additional controversy, the more likely the best solutions will come out of this (eg - if Republicans participate in the process, it makes it easier for Obama to turn down Dems seeking to stick their own pet measures into any legislation that might be proposed). Yow. An article about the Obama Administration that doesn’t find the worst thing about the current status of some program and make that the focus (in this case, that after 9 long months in office the Administration still hasn’t taken serious steps to reduce Federal liability for flood damage).

Isn’t this some form of targeting the rich? After all, they’re the ones who have most benefitted from high dollar development on beaches that are threatened both by long-term processes (erosion) as well as short-term (hurricanes and other natural disasters). Can’t this be spun as another instance of class warfare?

Sorry for the snark. This is a well written piece, and it’s highlighting a place where the Obama Admin is targeting an issue where conservative (reduce Federal involvement) and liberal (environmental protection) merge. And the more conservatives support these processes, rather than reflexively attacking them as a means to bog down the administration in additional controversy, the more likely the best solutions will come out of this (eg – if Republicans participate in the process, it makes it easier for Obama to turn down Dems seeking to stick their own pet measures into any legislation that might be proposed).

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