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Daily Archives: November 19, 2010
NFIP in a nutshell”
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The National Flood Insurance Program was created in 1968 to allow flood-prone communities to purchase insurance protection from the government. Overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the program was supposed to alleviate the need for emergency federal aid. Instead,…
Flood Insurance: Mend It or End It, But Don’t Just Extend It
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Recent paper by the Cato Institute ( A conservative policy think tank): By Mark Calabria, August 7, 2009 Before leaving for the August recess, the House of Representatives passed a bill (HR3139) to extend the authority for the National Flood…
Flood Insurance Program Drains Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
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// POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, FEMA, NFIP, NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, BUDGET, TREASURY, ZONE, PROPERTY Posted By: Mary Thompson | CNBC Reporter CNBC.com | 18 Nov 2010 | 05:20 PM ET // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is one big…