[sinkspur]

Sorry. I stick with my original statement - they are NOT entitled to Federal (taxpayer!) dollars to rebuild. They are entitled to their insurance and that's it.

Thankfully the rest of the country disagrees with you.

[Little Ray]

Half the country doesn't pay taxes or pays very little in taxes. Ain't it a pity that their vote counts just as much as mine?
It isn't hard to be in favor of spending someone else's money.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

The federal government is mandated to underwrite disaster relief and reconstruction. The only question is how it is going to be done. Should the feds attempt to use free market incentives and entrepreneurship as much as possible or should we just throw money at the problem? I think the POTUS has opted for the latter.

Two hundred billion is a humongous amount, but I have not seen owhat the time frame is for that kind of payout. Is that over one, three, five, year year? It kinda makes a difference.