Hurricane Myths
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by John Stossel,
Hurricane Ian is gone, but the media’s myths about hurricanes live on.
Reporters say the federal government must direct disaster response, as if only the feds have the knowledge and money to do it.
“Debate is already growing about how big federal aid must be,” says CNN.
Why?! Don’t they know that government has no money of its own? That everything federal bureaucrats spend is taken from the rest of us?
They don’t think about that.
Federal “disaster relief” is doled out after storms because, as a New York Times headline put it, “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.”
But it doesn’t.
My video this week debunks four myths about hurricanes.
Myth No. 1: We need the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief.
Myth No. 2: Government must stop greedy businesses from abusing customers.
Myth No. 3: Hurricanes are getting worse.
Myth No. 4: America must have government flood insurance. After all, private flood insurance costs “too much.”
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