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Re: A Big Storm Requires Big Government
« Reply #75 on: November 02, 2012, 02:02:53 PM »
Big Govt doing a big shit ass job in NYC 

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Re: A Big Storm Requires Big Government
« Reply #76 on: November 02, 2012, 10:06:33 PM »
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Re: A Big Storm Requires Big Government
« Reply #77 on: November 03, 2012, 12:56:18 AM »
Big Govt doing a big shit ass job in NYC 
You prefer Goldman Sachs handle the job?

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Re: A Big Storm Requires Big Government
« Reply #78 on: November 03, 2012, 01:18:31 AM »
Big Govt doing a big shit ass job in NYC  

As expected

Big Storm required responsible people that plan.


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Re: A Big Storm Requires Big Government
« Reply #79 on: April 02, 2013, 06:42:25 AM »
Sandy-hit Shore homeowners ask: "Where is the money?"
 Philly.com ^ | 4/1/2013 | Amy S. Rosenberg

Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:22:05 AM by dirtboy

Underwater doesn't even begin to get at the heart of Maurice Corkery's predicament.

"This was my summer home," the Delaware County plant manager said of his little rancher on Third Street in Ocean City, N.J., flooded with its foundation cracked - totalled, really - by Sandy.

"I was trying to think of a time line," he said. "It's been so long. I'm so screwed up. I haven't seen any money. Where is the money? All they do is talk about it."

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"It seems like people who are responsible and have paid for coverage are the losers," he said. "The storm was bad enough. The red tape is a joke."

The stories seem to be everywhere about the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - a month ago, Gov. Christie called its response awful - but FEMA spokesman Dan Watson released statistics last week that showed 94 percent of the state's 73,778 claims had been settled.

The FEMA statistics have at times been at odds with state statistics released previously. In February, Christie said just 30 percent of the flood claims had been settled; FEMA said 50 percent.

The state has since washed its hands of any attempt to run interference with the federally regulated program, state Banking and Insurance Department spokesman Marshall McKnight said. Any complaints the state receives regarding flood insurance now are referred to a hotline FEMA set up after the governor's criticism, 1-800-427-4661


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