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Nothin' like givin' a bunch of Gubbmitt money to a bunch of idiots.
Case in point. We have a little town about 30 miles away that the Missouri River flooded twice back in the 90's. The government came in, gave everyone a bunch of money to repair their houses, and this is a sight to behold.
One cretin I know jacked his house up and built a foundation under it to keep it from flooding. After 15 yrs, he still gains entry by climbing up an extension ladder and over the railing onto his porch. And his house was worth maybe 10K BEFORE it was flooded twice.
The best one is the cretin who took his tar paper shack that had ZERO value, installed 8 20' high by app 24" concrete piers with a steel framework on the top, and set his shack on top of it. Now he can't even work on his shack without a snorklelift, so he hasn't turned a tap since. Besides, the piers are set on sand, what do you think's gonna happen the next time the river floods?
The government should have said, "Here's your money. You can do with it what you want, you can build what you want...but you ain't doin' it here in a flood plain."
Used to be a cute little town, but the river truly does hold the 1st mortgage, and it cashed it in. Now it's just a pitiful sight, and a complete waste of good money.
Chas
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