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To: Lane3 who wrote (288)	9/21/2005 10:49:08 AM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2253

Because most people don't buy the insurance under the current system and they vote, that's why. -g- So, when a disaster happens and all those unfortunate people have had their homes destroyed great masses of Americans think, "There but for the grace..." and "Something ought to be done!" not to mention that NOT paying for it would be played as heartless by the media. Actually, I was always under the impression that most of the federal aid for private reconstruction was in the form of low interest loans not outright grants of money.

To: Lane3 who wrote (288)	9/21/2005 10:50:10 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2253

Why do you suppose it's politically unthinkable to pay people who buy insurance and not pay people who don't because the uninsured are in the "victim" class politically unthinkable to hold victims responsible for their own behavior