Please... your savior was on his best behavior because the election's next week and he was afraid Christie would blast him if he didn't bend over backwards to help... too bad Obama didn't see any self-interest in doing the same for Ambassador Stevens and the others who he left out on a limb to be killed.
You kniow that if it was left up to the states they would have to come up with their own contingency plans dont you?
Hes thankful for them because as the system currently sits he relies on them, if it was up to the states they would have made their own plans and thus they wouldnt rely on the government now would they? Why shold someone who doesnt choose to live by the ocean be responsible for paying for someone elses house who does choose to live in a disaster zone?
On my most recent mortgage the bank required flood insurance, the prior 20 years I never had flood insurance and didn't care and wouldn't expect others to chip in for my loss. Plus Fema pays for a whole lot of unnecessary stuff, imo. Fema flood insurance will pay for grass, dirt landscape timbers rocks maybe ruhbarb too if I liked ruhbarb.
You were the one who brought it up by ragging on Romney for saying he wanted to shift FEMA to the state level.
Both parties have to price it in: the guy building the house by the ocean can pay more because he knows he will be bailed out. The guy not living by the ocean has to be a prepper because he knows that eventually the guys by the ocean will drag the whole economy down. See how it all balances out? It's Zen and Buddha and all that good sh&t all rolled up into a neat little idea!