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Originally Posted by nostatic
I'd be interested to know the number of structure fires in a typical urban area over the course of a year (resulting in sunstantial fire insurance claims) as opposed to the number lost to wildfires in LA county.
And Malibu is an upscale neighborhood...so $800K is at the lower end. He didn't say it was "low income" housing. The reality is that $800K is not all that expensive in this town.
The reality is that "the gov" subsidizes pretty much everybody no matter where you live. You have services that you call on that are paid by taxes. And we pay an assload of taxes out here. So it is ironic for someone in the midwest to be complaining that the rich CA fruitcakes are sucking on his tax money. As Sam pointed out, CA puts in way more than takes out.
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Todd, I agree he didn't say low income, but the statement appears to have been intended to arouse pity for Malibu's less fortunate. My point is that less fortunate in Malibu is not = to less fortunate in the country.
As to fire claims, I don't know where they keep that stat, but I think one would be hard pressed to believe that the average firefighting cost for the state of Alabama anywhere approaches CA, OR, WA, MT, ID. Don't forget to include water/chemical drops, aircraft rental, fuel, etc. Urban fires come out of city/state coffers. I believe any of these big operations comes State/Fed the latter from disaster funds.
Third, I do not believe that FEMA money etc, is included in that collection/disbursement model just from a personal WAG. I believe that it is based on budgeted estimates (ie X% of people live below the poverty line, state A has Y% below the poverty line, vs state B has Z% below the poverty line)
Fourth, the Fed takes the same amount where ever you live. The extra taxes are all CA/local.
Fifth, I'm still waiting to hear how the natural disasters in CA are in any way different from the expected natural disasters in TX, AR, FL, LA, ND (remember the big floods up there in the '90s) and how people shouldn't be allowed to build where one knows that natural disaster, type Q, is likely to happen.