saturday 9/10/2017 CALL TO ACTIVISM FOR DEMOCRACY!
donald trump takes advantage of a federal insurance program that should end.
Flood damage to Mar-a-Lago will likely be paid for by the American people.
"That's thanks to something called the National Flood Insurance Policy, a Nixon-era FEMA program that provides federally-backed insurance coverage to areas with high flood risk that private insurers won't touch. That sounds magnanimous at first, but in practice it means that the people who mainly benefit are the wealthy owners of beachfront property. On top of the questionable judgment of giving federal aid to people who don't need it, NFIP doesn't even charge enough to cover its cost. It owes $25 billion to the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office expects it to be short $1.4 billion this year alone.
Trump previously pocketed $17 million in insurance money after Hurricane Wilma damaged some Mar-a-Lago roof tiles, though HuffPo reports it's not "publicly available" whether that was through NFIP or not." (GQ).
"That's thanks to something called the National Flood Insurance Policy, a Nixon-era FEMA program that provides federally-backed insurance coverage to areas with high flood risk that private insurers won't touch. That sounds magnanimous at first, but in practice it means that the people who mainly benefit are the wealthy owners of beachfront property. On top of the questionable judgment of giving federal aid to people who don't need it, NFIP doesn't even charge enough to cover its cost. It owes $25 billion to the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office expects it to be short $1.4 billion this year alone.
Trump previously pocketed $17 million in insurance money after Hurricane Wilma damaged some Mar-a-Lago roof tiles, though HuffPo reports it's not "publicly available" whether that was through NFIP or not." (GQ).
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trump mar-a-lago script
Hello, my name is (YOUR NAME) and I am calling today because I am concerned by the immense cost the National Flood Insurance Policy that provides federally-backed insurance to areas with high flood risk that private insurers won't touch. Generally, people who mainly benefit are the wealthy owners of beachfront property or resort owners who build dangerously close to the coasts.
The NFIP does not even charge enough to cover it's cost. It owes $25 billion to the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office expects it to be short $1.4 billion this year alone. News Reports say Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago property benefits from this program. It is clear an inquiry is justified to investigate whether the program is viable and whether tax payers should be responsible for these costs.
The NFIP does not even charge enough to cover it's cost. It owes $25 billion to the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office expects it to be short $1.4 billion this year alone. News Reports say Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago property benefits from this program. It is clear an inquiry is justified to investigate whether the program is viable and whether tax payers should be responsible for these costs.