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Nage Waza · 06-28-2013, 11:41 PM

I don't mind helping and I don't mind taxes helping, but what if this happens again next year? Or next week? The people taking the risk should be the ones carrying the majority of the load.

I was in perhaps ten flooded homes this week and each one was a flooded basement resulting in a complete gut job. I know there are homes that are worse off as well, I just don't know the numbers. Were there significant numbers of main floor flooding as well?

If there are (and I am making up all the numbers) 8,000 homes impacted and each received $50,000, that works out to $400 million. If there are 2 million taxpayers in Alberta, that works out to $200 per person.

Another issue is how much does it cost to hand out $50,000? What does the bureaucracy eat up? There has to be a simple efficient way to get the money out and do we care what the home owner uses the money for?

I would be more than happy to pay into some disaster fund and people that live in areas prone to disasters paying more.

06-28-2013, 11:41 PM	#10
Nage Waza Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Westside Exp:	I don't mind helping and I don't mind taxes helping, but what if this happens again next year? Or next week? The people taking the risk should be the ones carrying the majority of the load. I was in perhaps ten flooded homes this week and each one was a flooded basement resulting in a complete gut job. I know there are homes that are worse off as well, I just don't know the numbers. Were there significant numbers of main floor flooding as well? If there are (and I am making up all the numbers) 8,000 homes impacted and each received $50,000, that works out to $400 million. If there are 2 million taxpayers in Alberta, that works out to $200 per person. Another issue is how much does it cost to hand out $50,000? What does the bureaucracy eat up? There has to be a simple efficient way to get the money out and do we care what the home owner uses the money for? I would be more than happy to pay into some disaster fund and people that live in areas prone to disasters paying more.