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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m reallllllyyyy annoyed that we as tax payers will be finding this rescue of irresponsible billionaires. [b]I feel the same way about people who refuse to leave in wildfires and hurricanes. Why do we have to pay for you to be dumb? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.[/b] I feel awful for the 19 year old who according to his aunt didn’t even want to go on this trip, but only did it for his father. Everyone else should have known better, because they were warned by all the experts in the field, but no. They knew better. Well, I guess not, and we get this bill!  [/quote]

I think these are two vastly different things. I don't like tax payers funding billionaire rescue, but if you look at things like wildfires and hurricanes, it's a vastly different population being rescued. Often it is old and poor people who can't afford to just flee who settle in place and hope for the best, not people with unlimited resources to leave. Basically: a lot of them probably would  leave if they could, but they don't have the funds. Look at Katrina for that. I wouldn't say they, "refused" to leave, but absent funding that was the reality and they bore the brunt of that suffering.

TOTALLY different than billionaire yahoos chasing an adrenaline fix. [/quote]

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