Post by Just Wundering on Sept 8, 2003 0:01:46 GMT -5
I don't mean to pour pudding on your parade, but I'd really like to find out where all the collected money is going. All I hear about is to"the fire victims".
Please don't get me wrong. There have been some tragic losses here. But would you think most if not all the Kelowna victims had insurance. If they didn't by choice well, that was their choice and now they will pay.
I don't exactly support bailing out those who have saved themselves the premiums for how many years.
Although we can't mix sentiment and dollars, a lot of the houses were near new so I can't see alot of emotional baggage associated with them. Social Services picked up the tab for the evacuees and most insurance companies provide living expenses to some degree. The federal and provincial governemnts have said they will be kicking in to cover shortfalls. There are a whole bunch of hats being passed around but where is that money to be spent? Who decides? Is it to reward the underinsured? Does it go into a pot for the next disaster so the hat doesn't have to be passed? I doubt it. The firefighters are being paid. So are the police, contractors, military and most others (except volunteers, but that's what makes them "volunteers").
Please forgive any poor choice of words. I don't mean to be undiplomatic in a politically correct forum. I simply would like to know where all the donations are to go?
Please don't get me wrong. There have been some tragic losses here. But would you think most if not all the Kelowna victims had insurance. If they didn't by choice well, that was their choice and now they will pay.
I don't exactly support bailing out those who have saved themselves the premiums for how many years.
Although we can't mix sentiment and dollars, a lot of the houses were near new so I can't see alot of emotional baggage associated with them. Social Services picked up the tab for the evacuees and most insurance companies provide living expenses to some degree. The federal and provincial governemnts have said they will be kicking in to cover shortfalls. There are a whole bunch of hats being passed around but where is that money to be spent? Who decides? Is it to reward the underinsured? Does it go into a pot for the next disaster so the hat doesn't have to be passed? I doubt it. The firefighters are being paid. So are the police, contractors, military and most others (except volunteers, but that's what makes them "volunteers").
Please forgive any poor choice of words. I don't mean to be undiplomatic in a politically correct forum. I simply would like to know where all the donations are to go?
