http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#39476 Politics people. That is why we have the NFIP. Private Insurance companies will not write it. Every time we have a flooding event you see a bunch of winers that got flooded with their hands stuck out wanting the gov. to bail them out, so the gov. comes up with the NFIP to offset some of the cost.... 39476@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:02:25 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#38250 Why the hell am I being FORCED to buy flood insurance?!! If I don't my bank says they will steal it from my escrow to pay for it. If my house gets flooded I'll buy a new water heater and furnace at my expense. FEMA's map is from 1993!! What's wrong with this picture? Looks like this insurance is nothing but fraud... http://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/04/flood_insurance.html... 38250@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:04:51 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34923 If we could all notice how our government handles flood insurance and Hilary and Obama want the government to handle our health insurance as well?... 34923@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:04 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34738 Since monopolies violate anti-trust laws, the government steps in to break them up. Why, then, does the government monopolize the selling of flood insurance? You can't buy it from anyone but NFIP. I'd really like an answer.... 34738@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:10 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34737 I agree with Mary's comments. Insurance belongs in the private sector. Government's responsibility is keeping the country safe. Let the people make their own choices regarding where and how they want to spend THEIR money, insurance or otherwise. We pay enough as it is in taxes. Use some of that for a disaster fund.... 34737@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 15:52:22 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34734 I can't find it anywhere in the constitution that the government should be in the insurance business. Regarding FEMA's flood zone mapping, they say they use "rigorous standards" in establishing the flood insurance rates. How come we can't find out what those "rigorous" standards are when we ask via telephone calls or letters? Are they a secret?... 34734@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:11 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34733 Government should NOT be in the flood insurance business. It's unconstitutional. I am a victim of FEMA's arbitrary declaration that my neighborhood is in a high risk flood zone despite that fact that we have NEVER been in one, nor has this area ever flooded. We're now being forced to purchase flood insurance from the NFIP. Citizens apparently have no say in matters affecting them. An example of erosion of freedom, piece by piece.... 34733@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 15:35:43 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34713 Well they passed it... guess they dont care what WE THE PEOPLE think.... 34713@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 12:22:15 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34711 FEMA is a joke. The government doing flood insurance is a joke. Why not hold real insurance companies responsible for providing flood insurance for a cost people can afford?... 34711@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:07 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34682 The growth of the federal govt is outlandish,absurd and unconstitutional and it does not belong in the insurance business.... 34682@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 13 May 2008 06:21:02 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34648 FEMA and Homeland Security have shown us nothing but the ability to be incompetent. Where in the U.S. Constitution does it allow for the government to be in the insurance business? If we did away with all the un-Constitutional agencies and bureaucracies the people could afford to take care of their needs themselves!... 34648@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 12 May 2008 22:42:02 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34613 The ONLY 2 things the Federal Government needs to be involved in are toting the mail and standing watch on our borders. Not insurance and not industry subsidies.... 34613@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 12 May 2008 16:48:05 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34597 Being a victim of the latest FEMA map amendments that placed my residence in a SHFA, which it is not, and dealing with the lender, FEMA, etc., for a period exceeding the 45 day limit I really think that this bill should be defeated.... 34597@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 12 May 2008 14:44:18 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2284.html#34581 The government doesn't need to be in the insurance business. Keep an emergency fund for disasters that call for federal assistance.... 34581@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 12 May 2008 10:43:41 EDT