President Biden called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® on Thursday about the major disaster declaration he signed for the state in response to Hurricane Idalia.
On the call, Biden also conveyed that he “ordered all available federal resources to help with the continued response to Tropical Storm Idalia,” according to the White House.
And, it added, “the president reiterated that the people of Florida have his full support as they recover from the storm.” The major disaster declaration allows for federal funding to be available to affected individuals in the counties of Citrus, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee and Taylor and for additional assistance to Florida in the form of grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses.
I don’t think it’s fair they get handouts. they chose to live in Florida and now I have to pay for it? it’s not fair to the victims of other hurricanes who didn’t get help.
Nor everyone has the privilege of choosing where to live. If you do then keep that in mind when writing ignorant comments like these.
Also life isn’t fair. Just because victims of other hurricanes didn’t get the help that they have the right to doesn’t mean we should withhold that same right from others. We should all work to ensure that everyone can get help when they’re victims of natural disaster.
The amount of comments like this in this thread gave me a little more faith in humanity.
Because you could say the same thing about tornado alley, the San Andreas fault, the Mississippi flood plain. Insurance will sort this out.