>> They can’t take steps to protect themselves unless someone else pays for it?
‘zackly.
When you choose to live in an area prone to natural disasters, take some personal responsibility for protecting YOU AND YOURS at YOUR OWN expense!
Applies to earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, extended droughts, mudslides, wildfires...
Taxpayers do NOT owe you a tornado room, or a free rebuild of your beach house, or etc.
Taxpayers do NOT owe you a tornado room, or a free rebuild of your beach house, or etc.Maybe not, but the government can bury you in so many regulations as to make it nigh impossible to do it yourself.