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Confessions of a Welfare Queen
Reason ^ | March, 2004 | John Stossel

Posted on 09/09/2005 8:21:41 AM PDT by Pessimist

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To: Phantom Lord

It's what Republicans call republicans.


21 posted on 09/09/2005 9:28:26 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: msnimje

I could be wrong, but I don't believe your calling him a "flaming libertarian" was a compliment.


22 posted on 09/09/2005 9:30:13 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: brooklyn dave
I read Reason mag on a regular basis. There is some stuff in it that wouldn't sit well with social conservatives.

I know what you mean. It took only one issue in a trial subscription offer for me to return the bill marked, "Cancel." We really didn't see eye-to-eye; it'd been well over 20 years since I'd said goodbye to the bong.

23 posted on 09/09/2005 9:31:36 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: RockinRight

Thats what insurance companies do, accept the least amount of risk. just like automobile insurance: you have too many claims, they drop you and then you can only get insured thru a state "insurance pool"


24 posted on 09/09/2005 9:32:39 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: RockinRight

For all practical purposes, there is no such thing as private flood insurance.


25 posted on 09/09/2005 9:36:28 AM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington (Washington State--Land of Court-approved Voting Fraud.)
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To: Phantom Lord

Correction. It's what Republicans call republicans, over their shoulder.


26 posted on 09/09/2005 10:04:12 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Phantom Lord
I could be wrong, but I don't believe your calling him a "flaming libertarian" was a compliment.

He is a hot and passionate Libertarian, i.e. a Flaming Libertarian. If you like libertarians, that was a compliment. It is the opposite of LINO.

27 posted on 09/09/2005 10:05:17 AM PDT by msnimje (CNN - Constant Negative Nonsense)
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To: Phantom Lord
I have level II which is off the beach with several ft elevation and it's roughly 50 per 1K. I think there's a 5, or 10K deductible. I cannot imagine what private insurance would be.

Thanks everyone for the subsidy!
28 posted on 09/09/2005 10:25:11 AM PDT by zek157
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To: msnimje

There was a time when many stances now considered "libertarian" (small l, not large L) were considered conservative.


29 posted on 09/09/2005 10:25:50 AM PDT by sharktrager (Don't look at my profile. It's inappropriate.)
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To: RockinRight
What I want to know is why private flood insurance wasn't offered? I mean, not in NOLA, but in places that might flood twice a century?

Who would pay a higher rate for private insurance when the government is right there offering cheap insurance?

Private insurance does indeed exist; it covers the amounts above what FEMA will pay. You get cheap for the first 250k, and the rest is pretty cheap as well since you have a 250k deductible.
30 posted on 09/10/2005 12:32:36 AM PDT by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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