1. Let the insurance companies raise the homeowners premiums to astronomical amounts or flat out deny coverage
2. Deny _any_ federal disaster assistance
to property/homeowners that own/build in high risk areas and don't build/upgrade to withstand a major storm with only minimal damage.
The idea of living on the beach is nice and all, but those who fail to remember that Mother Nature is in charge should get what they deserve. If you want to build your $2,000,000 house on a beach, three feet above sea level in an area known to be overrun by storm surge, go ahead, if you have the money to repair/replace everything you lose time and time again... You can't afford to fix it? Tough luck buster, YOU made the choice.
Why should those who live in safer areas (by choice or necessity) have to subsidize the rebuilding of property in areas that should never have been developed in the first place? For that matter, why should Joe Taxpayer have to subsidize the clueless/greedy?
IANASE, but concrete building California is done all the time, just have to double/triple the amount of rebar used...
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Even the smallest corner store nowadays accepts electronic forms of payment.
Problem is, a lot of corner stores require minimum purchases with debit cards, usually $5 (that's $42 Canadian.) Either they'll try to gouge you for an extra $.50 - $1, or they won't let you pay at all. I know this is an extra cost of doing business, but I know that the transaction fees aren't that much, especially w/debit cards since there's a lower risk when the customer uses their PIN. (All I want a Pepsi. No, I'm ok, I just want a Pepsi)
<crusade mode> Last time I checked, the merchant's contracts w/the credit card companies prohibits this practice. Somewhere out there Visa or MC has a number to report this. Fight these greedy bastards!</crusade mode>
Offtopic I'm sure, but sometimes you gotta fight the true evil in this country.
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1. Let the insurance companies raise the homeowners premiums to astronomical amounts or flat out deny coverage
2. Deny _any_ federal disaster assistance
to property/homeowners that own/build in high risk areas and don't build/upgrade to withstand a major storm with only minimal damage.
The idea of living on the beach is nice and all, but those who fail to remember that Mother Nature is in charge should get what they deserve. If you want to build your $2,000,000 house on a beach, three feet above sea level in an area known to be overrun by storm surge, go ahead, if you have the money to repair/replace everything you lose time and time again... You can't afford to fix it? Tough luck buster, YOU made the choice.
Why should those who live in safer areas (by choice or necessity) have to subsidize the rebuilding of property in areas that should never have been developed in the first place? For that matter, why should Joe Taxpayer have to subsidize the clueless/greedy?
IANASE, but concrete building California is done all the time, just have to double/triple the amount of rebar used...
Problem is, a lot of corner stores require minimum purchases with debit cards, usually $5 (that's $42 Canadian.) Either they'll try to gouge you for an extra $.50 - $1, or they won't let you pay at all. I know this is an extra cost of doing business, but I know that the transaction fees aren't that much, especially w/debit cards since there's a lower risk when the customer uses their PIN. (All I want a Pepsi. No, I'm ok, I just want a Pepsi)
<crusade mode> Last time I checked, the merchant's contracts w/the credit card companies prohibits this practice. Somewhere out there Visa or MC has a number to report this. Fight these greedy bastards!</crusade mode>
Offtopic I'm sure, but sometimes you gotta fight the true evil in this country.
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