Jan. 16, 2005, 4:49 p.m. (Message 40322, in reply to message 40321)
Well, yes, maybe. At least in this "free country," -- the USA -- those who build their houses without government interference in flood plains, on top of fault lines, on shorelines, on the sides of unstable mountains and in flammable forests do not mind it when disaster strikes and the government gives them other people's money and services paid for with other people's money. Wishing I could bring this thread to an SCD close. Mike Briggs In sunny Wisconsin, where the temperature right now is -19.