Hurricane Helene Survivors Are Reeling. Where Did the Money Really Go?

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  • @GarethMonteiro-ul5mj
    @GarethMonteiro-ul5mj 4 дні тому +603

    It's wild that people trust insurance companies more than government. Insurance companies in this country are built to make giant profits off of us, yet we do nothing to really regulate them. And whose names are on all the huge new stadiums and buildings as sponsors? Those insurance companies.

    • @The_Opinion_of_Matt
      @The_Opinion_of_Matt 4 дні тому +46

      All insurance is a scam. It didn't used to be, but the scam model is the most profitable.

    • @Happy_Biker
      @Happy_Biker 4 дні тому +10

      FEMA's budget should be raised immediately to at least $100 Billion per year. And a special assistance fund for WNC of however many billions more are needed there to clean up and help people.

    • @tomfromoz8527
      @tomfromoz8527 4 дні тому +14

      Find out who your state insurance ombudsman is and learn all you can about the rules insurance companies *must* follow. The ombudsman is _kryptonite_ to insurance companies!

    • @skylerlightning4620
      @skylerlightning4620 4 дні тому +1

      Unfortunately it government that trust insurance not other way around as government relies way more on private companies than itself which why it getting further into debt.

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 4 дні тому +13

      Whenever someone says they don’t trust the government, ask them if they’re willing to put more trust in private companies.

  • @Atimatimukti
    @Atimatimukti 4 дні тому +1274

    No surprise. The USA is a poor country. No money fot healthcare, education, etc.. your taxes have to help the poor billionaires

    • @olgakim4848
      @olgakim4848 4 дні тому +30

      The US has buttloads of money.

    • @alexscott6095
      @alexscott6095 4 дні тому +148

      If we helped regular working class Americans, how could we fund programs like tax breaks for private jets?
      Maybe trump will be able to pass a tax break for the poor billionaires to buy new yachts.

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 4 дні тому +2

      ​@@olgakim4848There is very little money. No where near enough to go around.
      The government is running a $2 trillion a year defecit.
      That means they are borrowing money just to keep the country barely functioning.
      You have backwards socialism In America. The corporations get all the bailouts and government help, while 99% of the population get nothing, not even functioning schools.

    • @outtahere156
      @outtahere156 4 дні тому

      @@olgakim4848 The American people don't. It all belongs to an elite group of billionaires that have no allegiance to our country

    • @jamesmclamb8578
      @jamesmclamb8578 4 дні тому +32

      You guys are full of it. Go down to the low-income neighborhoods and really look deep. Yes, the extremely rich don't pay their fair share when it comes to percentages. I will agree with you whole-heartedly. But the low-income American has learned to just sit on their asses and let big government take care of all their needs: income, healthcare, rent, food, cell phones, etc. And every bit of it is done completely legal. We ARE a welfare state.
      Both the super rich and poor have learned how to work the system to their advantage to ride the backs of the middle class all the way. Until we start addressing that, we won't get anywhere.

  • @o0SupahMario0o
    @o0SupahMario0o 4 дні тому +905

    Sadly, nothing will be done because human suffering is profitable.

    • @Nucleric
      @Nucleric 4 дні тому +21

      you are right

    • @PlagueGuy
      @PlagueGuy 4 дні тому +14

      Not with that sheepish attitude.

    • @cultureal9544
      @cultureal9544 4 дні тому

      Yes profits for the ultra rich Because people keep PAYING into insurance companies that get riches ... write to ban insurance companies

    • @cultureal9544
      @cultureal9544 4 дні тому +21

      Yes because insurance companies are getting PAID by PEOPLE ... ban all Insurances in America as they are not ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE

    • @Bruinschuss
      @Bruinschuss 4 дні тому +9

      You can do something, join a union if you can and focus on your local politics, those things affect you directly everyday and you can meet and speak with local government face to face. Attend your council meetings on the issues important to you. You're an American, and our founders gave us the right but also the responsibility to be active in our governance. I think most people would be surprised at what you can get done just by showing up. Have an impact where you can within your means, because a thousand ants will eat an elephant, as the proverb goes. And if you're truly effed, we as Americans can always be Luigi. That is what the 2nd Amendment is meant for.

  • @antonleimbach648
    @antonleimbach648 3 дні тому +236

    This is America. We do not help each other we are here to keep the wealthy happy. Welfare is only for corporations, not people.

    • @PropagandasaurusRex
      @PropagandasaurusRex 3 дні тому

      The money needs to come from somewhere... About 10,000 people need to be poor so that one person can be moderately rich.
      Government helping out is bad because that's communism.

    • @barbarawarren9443
      @barbarawarren9443 2 дні тому +5

      Truth. Candid. Why don't people understand this?

    • @LdyVder
      @LdyVder 2 дні тому

      As I saw on a video about an American expat living in Spain and how their health improved just getting out of the States and the rat race Americans deal with.
      The comment was: The US isn't a country with citizens, it's a business with workers.

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod 2 дні тому

      There was a charity that was donating tiny homes to the people in need but local governments told them leave.
      There is definitely some corruption there.

    • @stardust949
      @stardust949 2 дні тому +9

      You are OUT OF TOUCH then with the amount of DONATIONS, Volunteer Time, Labor, Money, and Machinery---plus Food, Clothing, Fuel, Heaters, etc., etc., etc. that have been GIVEN FROM THE HEARTS and the POCKETS of thousands and thousands of people.

  • @RiiDii
    @RiiDii 3 дні тому +89

    As a hypothetical thought experiment, I did the following analysis:
    As of Q2 2024, the top 1% of wealth holders in the U.S. control about $46.7 trillion in assets. If 25% of their wealth were redistributed, this would amount to roughly $11.7 trillion.
    The U.S. working-age population (ages 18 to retirement) is approximately 200 million. Dividing the $11.7 trillion evenly among them would provide each person with about $58,500 over two years, or $29,250 per year.
    The remaining ~35 trillion would barely be a noticeable difference in wealth other than change "who is winning" the wealth game.
    It seems killing people for profit, I mean, "letting people die," is acceptable and legal capitalism.
    We don't need conspiracy theories. Raw, unrestricted greed is a clear threat to society. There are no "dots to connect" or "educated guesses." Greed kills, period.

    • @peshivirginflower7
      @peshivirginflower7 2 дні тому +3

      THIS, FORGET ABOUT THE PAST KINGS DICTATORS OLIGARCHS, MOST DIDNT LAST THIER LIFETIME BC OF GREED👿

    • @pinqueenmartin9582
      @pinqueenmartin9582 19 годин тому +1

      Yes! True!

    • @Twolegger
      @Twolegger 7 годин тому

      As a hypothetical though experiment, imagine what would happen if what YOU worked for, what YOU sacrificed for was take (redistributed). Stay away from that third rail Karl Marx. Envy is a sin and day dreaming of taking what belongs to others only leads to bad places.

  • @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup
    @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup 4 дні тому +774

    Private equity is just rubbing it's fingers together in anticipation of the windfall it will have.

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      TranslаtЕ!
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      Translаte!
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!
      /.
      😊😊

    • @keithfoundfun
      @keithfoundfun 4 дні тому +18

      Asheville is a desirable (home) investment, just like Lahaina…remember that disaster?

    • @benjaminhigham3624
      @benjaminhigham3624 3 дні тому +6

      @@keithfoundfundid private equity start to buy homes in Hawaii after the fires?

    • @munk_ken
      @munk_ken 3 дні тому +18

      North Carolina needs to create laws to block private equity from buying up businesses and land in these impacted areas before it's too late otherwise there will never be a recovery.

  • @jameshumphries7272
    @jameshumphries7272 4 дні тому +734

    Always plenty of money for war but never enough to help our own citizens. Disgraceful and pathetic.

    • @bevhills4877
      @bevhills4877 4 дні тому +1

      Public Assistance Grants. FEMA has obligated more than $292 million for 47 grants to support the Tropical Storm Helene recovery in North Carolina.Dec 9, 2024
      North Carolina Faces the Effects After Republican Legislators Blocked Resilient Building Codes, Losing Millions in FEMA Funding
      RALEIGH
      A year after legislative REPUBLICANS blocked the implementation of more resilient building codes, the financial consequences across North Carolina are becoming clear. Communities across the state missed out on an estimated $70 million in federal FEMA funds this year due to the Republican veto override of HB 488 in 2023. Access to affordable homeowners insurance will become more scarce in many areas as well due to Republicans and special interest blocking new resilient building codes.
      “Legislative Republicans moved North Carolina backward by recklessly blocking new building codes that would require new homes to be more resilient and efficient,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “As a result, it will become harder to find home insurance and we’re missing out on tens of millions of dollars in federal recovery funds. That’s a lose-lose for our state, particularly when storms hit.”
      And then North Carolina voted for Republicans again
      You got what you voted for.. hope you’re happy because you only seem to care about yourselves so pick yourselves up by your bootstraps mo fos

    • @Knaeben
      @Knaeben 4 дні тому

      And people just voted in a government that is going to make it 1000x worse.

    • @berinmind
      @berinmind 4 дні тому

      War and illegal immigrants

    • @Cory_Springer
      @Cory_Springer 3 дні тому +40

      helping our own citizens is SoCiAlIsM

    • @vg7985
      @vg7985 3 дні тому +2

      They should have their OWN insurance. There is always an answer ….

  • @gingerredshoes
    @gingerredshoes 4 дні тому +302

    Many areas of Appalachia have been like "third world countries" for decades due to economic reasons. How can people recover when they had almost nothing already?

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise 4 дні тому +17

      This area isn’t one of them (some Helene hit areas are, but the ones in this video are largely wealthy, even if the most impacted individual residents aren’t). A 1BD apartment is the River Arts District can run well over $1500/mo.

    • @ColonizerChan
      @ColonizerChan 4 дні тому +30

      @@silverXnoise
      That’s normal rent nowadays, it’s that bad now with landlords these days.
      And op ain’t wrong, Appalachia is the poorest region outside the native reservations. But at least the reservations have sovereignty of some kind

    • @jackgardner8225
      @jackgardner8225 4 дні тому

      And they consistently vote against their own self interest because they buy the garbage that republicans are selling. Just look where it has gotten them. And they will turn around and vote for trump.

    • @Virrey17
      @Virrey17 4 дні тому +2

      True

    • @jgg204
      @jgg204 4 дні тому +18

      Asheville wasn't a destitute Appalachia town.....have you done any homework or are you just spouting nonsense?

  • @YvetteCarmen
    @YvetteCarmen 3 дні тому +180

    I hope we all know that it doesn't matter who is in the 'top job' because this is a systemic problem -- greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. My husband and I will be retiring in the next two years in another country. We are absolutely worried that SSI will no longer be funded. we'll have to rely on his pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific lnvestment account with Tracy Britt Cool Consulting my FA. Our national debt is bloating and expanding every month. Our government needs to get spending under control and cut the federal budget.

    • @EdgarBossen
      @EdgarBossen 3 дні тому +4

      I went from no money to lnvest with to busting my A** off on Uber eats for four months to raise about $50k to start trading with Tracy Britt Cool Consulting. I am at $128k right now and LOVING that you have to bring this up here

    • @islaperez1151
      @islaperez1151 3 дні тому

      I know this FA you just mentioned too. Tracy Britt Cool is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as an employee of Berkshire Hattaway; a renowned investor she is. Ms Tracy has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.

    • @AlianParmelee
      @AlianParmelee 3 дні тому +1

      How can i reach this Tracy Britt Cool Consulting, if you don't mind me asking? I've known her by her reputation at Berkshire Hathaway

    • @YvetteCarmen
      @YvetteCarmen 3 дні тому +6

      Well her name is 'Tracy Britt Cool Consulting'. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment

    • @eliantomasup8286
      @eliantomasup8286 3 дні тому +1

      Great share! Out of curiosity, I searched Tracy Britt Cool Consulting online, found her consulting page ranked at the top, and scheduled a session. I've read many reviews about advisors, but none seem as impressive as hers.

  • @cliveklg7739
    @cliveklg7739 3 дні тому +10

    Why would you promote Trump's lie about the $750? The $750 is temporary assistance, and while that could be more too, it isn't an offer for their homes as Trump lied and claimed. And you broadcast him saying that without any context or pushback.

    • @lareeriverola3637
      @lareeriverola3637 День тому

      and why don't they tell how there orange god took 8 million that he raised to give to them instead put it in his pocketand that is no lie

    • @suzanneguy7009
      @suzanneguy7009 16 годин тому

      Trump was criticizing a one payment of 750. My lord Biden cant remember there was a storm. Kamala is doing her photo op somewhere else. liberals here can kick rocks

  • @mom5catskyle596
    @mom5catskyle596 4 дні тому +363

    After Katrina, you're really shocked as to how government and private insurance falls so far short than what is needed?

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      Translate,
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!

    • @HypatiaMuse
      @HypatiaMuse 4 дні тому +18

      Yep, another chapter of The Shock Doctrine

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 4 дні тому +15

      It's by *design*

    • @NorthSeaWisdom
      @NorthSeaWisdom 4 дні тому

      It shouldn’t be shocking to you or anyone, with all due respect …many people have spoken out over at least 2 decades about, income inequality, corporate consolidation industries, concentration of financial markets , …Trump carved out 155 billion from FEMA in 2019…Elizabeth Warren dug in to fight it but to no avail…as Trump enters office, with Musk in toe ..are going gut the entire safety social net
      And you won’t have to worry about inflation next year because the global economy will collapse..it had already begun in the EU with Germany and France on the ropes..US stave off collapse in the near term , but we can’t escape it. Some are saying it could a historic collapse
      Americans have to wake up…be an active participant in your rescue

    • @maxwell_edison
      @maxwell_edison 4 дні тому +27

      'Insurance' is always fraudulent. That's why we gotta free our boi Luigi

  • @DieselDucy
    @DieselDucy 4 дні тому +195

    you guys are some of the best journalists I have ever seen.

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      Translate,
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      Translаte!
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!
      /.

    • @vashondajames9811
      @vashondajames9811 4 дні тому +1

      Agreed

  • @sarahelko
    @sarahelko 4 дні тому +259

    The 1% will never pay their fair share unless we force them to this is why we need to get billionaires out of our politics

    • @SpeakerWiggin49
      @SpeakerWiggin49 3 дні тому

      2,898,424 North Carolinan voters think we need smaller government though, even as FEMA closes up their showering facilities. Yes, propaganda works, but also North Carolinan MAGAts hate their neighbors or are too stupid to see that conservatism is not the way forward.

    • @alanraza2570
      @alanraza2570 3 дні тому +3

      Globally, if you make 32,000$ a year, you're in the top 1%.

    • @ktodd037
      @ktodd037 3 дні тому +6

      You can thank the SC for that.

    • @whatsup9260
      @whatsup9260 3 дні тому

      @@alanraza2570 take your crap somewhere else, no one anyewhere is an olygarch at 32000$
      no governnment official will sell out to you with this little money, the big boys are there for that
      you sound like a poor who drank the cool aid and wants other to be like him.

    • @bluevalkyrie8981
      @bluevalkyrie8981 3 дні тому +7

      We need to overturn Citizens United!

  • @colinmutimer7878
    @colinmutimer7878 2 дні тому +22

    I feel your suffering. I live in Hawkes Bay New Zealand and 2 years ago we got wiped out by tropical cyclone Gabrielle. I know how it feels, trust me. What I have no understanding of is how a large number of you will go straight back to driving huge V8 powered pickup trucks. Greenhouse gas emissions you've been belching out for the last century at a rate unequalled by any other country are hurting us all.

  • @neshachristian-hendrickson5598
    @neshachristian-hendrickson5598 3 дні тому +20

    I got two words Puerto Rico. 5 years out people still live in tents. In the USVI and PR we were without water and power for over a year. 3000 people died. Their experience doesn’t surprise me in the least.
    This has been our life experience.
    I hope this helps all of us.

  • @angelsflight1837
    @angelsflight1837 4 дні тому +357

    And what happens when billionaires stop bills that fund the government that included money for FEMA

    • @Steve-Richter
      @Steve-Richter 4 дні тому +3

      Um, maybe communities will help themselves just like they have done throughout the history of the country. FEMA is a relatively recent government agency.

    • @vf1923
      @vf1923 4 дні тому +92

      @@Steve-Richter Psst, paying taxes into a big pot of money that is distributed through the government when people need help due to disasters IS communities helping communities. Americans helping Americans. Done right, it is the most efficient method, because it means that everyone pays a very little bit every year instead of people who are also hit by the same disaster having to help when they themselves are also struggling under the effects of the same disaster.
      I'm sure communities are helping each other in all the ways they can, but if your entire settlement has been wiped out "helping yourself" might be a bit tricky.

    • @donaldspaulding6973
      @donaldspaulding6973 4 дні тому +17

      They deserve what they voted for!

    • @MichelleLanghout
      @MichelleLanghout 4 дні тому

      Yep. Trump exploited their suffering to point out the current administration's failings, and then he and his bff Elon turned around and blocked the money earmarked in the continuing resolution for those affected by Hurricane Helene.

    • @MatthewBretton-cu2el
      @MatthewBretton-cu2el 4 дні тому +1

      ​@@vf1923 lmao look at you explaining 1+1 to the short bus kids😂😂😂😂

  • @robinlaszlo
    @robinlaszlo 4 дні тому +653

    Why just the oil companies? Straight up we need to tax billionaires of all types.

    • @Artur-sw8er
      @Artur-sw8er 4 дні тому +7

      It's propaganda

    • @NAC_Exec
      @NAC_Exec 4 дні тому +19

      They'd just pass it on to us. Prices for everything would increase. Taxing billionaires and raising min wage would stop that.

    • @maxwell_edison
      @maxwell_edison 4 дні тому

      @@NAC_Exec It's hilarious that this sort of cope is exactly how we're in this situation. They have enough money, PERSONALLY, to buy and sell your ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD in the snap of a finger, but you're so worried about prices being passed along. GUESS WHAT DINGBAT - WHY DO YOU THINK THEY'RE RICH TO BEGIN WITH? Because they don't give you a good deal. Because they want to screw you out of money. And all you can do is bend over and take it, too scared of propaganda about price raises.
      Regulations to stop them from screwing us, and taxes to ensure at least their unchecked riches go to public services instead.
      We can fix this problem, but it starts at realizing that billionaires NEED to be made LESS POWERFUL, and that the only way to do that is to take their money.

    • @uncomfortabletruth3831
      @uncomfortabletruth3831 4 дні тому

      @@NAC_Execno it won’t .
      Can’t fix stupid, and people are dumber, than progress anticipated.

    • @Ttdogi
      @Ttdogi 4 дні тому +1

      Taxes and inflation devastate the middle and the poor class, either way, so genius what is your suggestion, and not just shooting down the idea

  • @TheCjbowman
    @TheCjbowman 4 дні тому +254

    I remember researching the funding for Katrina recovery. It was like ten cents on thr dollar left after all the rapacious contractors got through with it. This is just capitalism, folks. It's what we want apparently. We vote like we love billionaires more than our neighbors. Especially in the South.

    • @jenwendy7
      @jenwendy7 4 дні тому +20

      amen

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi 4 дні тому +15

      " From every crisis comes an opportunity" basically

    • @debbiemarquis3231
      @debbiemarquis3231 3 дні тому

      Whyte folks now getting a taste of reality..now they know how it feels to be colored..

    • @mctomans
      @mctomans 3 дні тому +3

      Corruption isn't capitalism.
      Capitalism offers the best services and prices.
      Competition is a good thing.
      The government is nothing close to be capitalist.
      Printing money to bailout your buddies isn't capitalism.

    • @Roger-vz7ol
      @Roger-vz7ol 3 дні тому +6

      And New Orleans never has recovered. It's a shell of what it used to be. Just take a look at who was hurt the worst by Katrina. That tells the entire story of what is wrong with America. We are a full tilt dytopia now. Good luck to everyone. The party is over and the empire is in full decline.

  • @terywetherlow7970
    @terywetherlow7970 3 дні тому +6

    Low income working class pretty much 99% of citizens.

  • @Akanisen049
    @Akanisen049 4 дні тому +279

    Hi, North Carolinian here! FEMA is helping people far more than just the $750, that's just the minimum if you've been effected in any way. BUT FEMA is SUPER underfunded!!! Their total budget for the entire YEAR is $20bil, helene alone caused (you stated) $54bil in damages!!! They want to help, but literally don't have the funds! And Trump wants to defund FEMA more!!! 😡

    • @Trackman71
      @Trackman71 4 дні тому +30

      Trump hasn’t been in office the past 4 years though. I’m sure the Biden administration could have increased it but they didn’t.

    • @chodechotchney5331
      @chodechotchney5331 4 дні тому +5

      They ort to defund your internet

    • @victorias935
      @victorias935 4 дні тому +95

      ​@@Trackman71 Who controls congress and the purse? Trump is telling them not to vote on bills! Are you not paying attention?

    • @victorias935
      @victorias935 4 дні тому

      ​@@chodechotchney5331 Ort? 😂😂 Stay off of social media!

    • @TheRealSykx
      @TheRealSykx 4 дні тому

      @@Trackman71 you're part of the problem. President-elect Musk and Vice President-elect Trump just tried to nuke the continuing resolution for our federal budget because they wanted to REMOVE FEMA budget increases. Pay attention. Do better.

  • @yeceniaperez1165
    @yeceniaperez1165 4 дні тому +120

    It happened in Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria hit and they were abandoned by trump. No electricity, water, people dying. Yes, sad

    • @jladd6286
      @jladd6286 3 дні тому +22

      Aw, come on, he tossed paper towels...

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites 3 дні тому +12

      Aw come on trump was tossing paper towels that surly helped right

    • @kiwicol7383
      @kiwicol7383 3 дні тому +12

      I’m sure trump will go to North Carolina and toss out more paper towels 😂😂

    • @MEKIDAME
      @MEKIDAME 2 дні тому +7

      Not sad. ENRAGING it is.

    • @runna-x5h
      @runna-x5h 2 дні тому +7

      He sent plenty,look up corruption in pr

  • @michellej1947
    @michellej1947 4 дні тому +139

    Love all America's billionaires that have the means but sit and laugh at us. Luigi just makes sense

    • @track1949
      @track1949 4 дні тому +3

      Luigi is unlikely to go free unless some foolish person tries to break him out.😅

    • @Red-ej6he
      @Red-ej6he 4 дні тому +1

      Try billionaires.

    • @Perfidion
      @Perfidion 4 дні тому +12

      Yeah, that's what I don't get. I mean, if you were sitting on a giant mountain of cash, and you had the means to aid your fellow citizens in their most dire of circumstances, and you chose not to... what kind of callous, self-absorbed vulture would you be, really? Elon Musk could fix this with the change he finds down the back of his couch. The good billionaires could do with the resources they have at their disposal is immeasurable, but they absolutely don't care. "Oh no. Some peasants are living in a tent because their homes and livelihoods washed away in a flood? That's sad. Hey, have you seen my new yacht?!"

    • @UnknownPascal-sc2nk
      @UnknownPascal-sc2nk 3 дні тому +7

      He was also charged with terrorism but Dylan Roof was not.

    • @lacdirk
      @lacdirk 3 дні тому +3

      @@track1949 True. But there's an awful lot more desperate and angry gun owners in the US than there are CEOs.

  • @dmi4942
    @dmi4942 3 дні тому +6

    Did anyone ever really think insurance was a solution for global climate change?

  • @nickybeingnicky
    @nickybeingnicky 3 дні тому +10

    There seems to be some serious neglect about mentions of federal aid bills that the republicans have refused to discuss.

  • @irenafarm
    @irenafarm 4 дні тому +172

    Was up there last week. People are doing their best. The scale of the devastation is unthinkable, though.
    One correction: FEMA is NOT GONE. There's permanent offices up there, now.

    • @Phantomdani
      @Phantomdani 3 дні тому +14

      FEMA is stopping some things like housing in hotels for the displaced and some of the food distribution efforts. The community is preparing to do what we can to keep trying to sustain those most impacted

    • @Phantomdani
      @Phantomdani 3 дні тому

      www.fema.gov/press-release/20241213/fema-extends-transitional-sheltering-assistance-program

    • @nickjohansen9038
      @nickjohansen9038 3 дні тому +16

      @@Phantomdani I'm sure trump will fix it. LMFAO. FAFO.

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites 3 дні тому

      @@Phantomdaniwell the republicans should’ve let fema funding bill pass because they blocked it

    • @lacdirk
      @lacdirk 3 дні тому +2

      @@Phantomdani Right. That's how communities in the developing world have to deal with disasters too.

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 4 дні тому +85

    We have been warning of these types of weather catastrophes for 50+ years. There is no way FEMA or any other agency will be able to handle what is coming. Sadly, every time someone signs a royalty check from an oil company they are saying, "Drill baby drill". We could have changed our ways, but once again, money wins and the poor lose.

    • @MatthewBretton-cu2el
      @MatthewBretton-cu2el 4 дні тому

      If by the poor you meant not multi millionaire yeah... constantly voting for Republicans who run on racism, guns and trans fear eventually you are the minority. Lmao Trump forever!!!!!

    • @A_Gomes1122
      @A_Gomes1122 3 дні тому

      They literally chanted “drill baby drill” at the most recent Republican National Convention. This was an important election for changing course on climate change, and the dems fumbled it.

  • @TheCYW
    @TheCYW 4 дні тому +157

    I’m going to need people who would like to be rescued during disasters to support taxing the wealthy. Otherwise, they should just pick themselves up by their bootstraps and remain quietly content.
    Surely, a red state doesn’t think FEMA should use tax dollars to help them when they don’t like taxes. That would be insanity.

    • @maryfields1382
      @maryfields1382 4 дні тому +39

      It's the typical "it's not a problem until it impacts me directly"...

    • @Phantomdani
      @Phantomdani 3 дні тому

      The thing about calling a whole state for one or the other is that it ignores the impact of gerrymandering to shut out the voice of the true majority. It is sad, and will only get worse as our educational system and basic understanding of the us constitution continues to fade. And as poison in the food, water, and air continually worsens people’s cognitive abilities to think critically, or escape survival mode to look up and pay attention at all.
      I agree tax the rich, and so many common sense things we should be doing… but as a person living in Asheville, I just want you to know that we (the working class) agree on more than we disagree. There’s just all these traps people are falling into… including experiencing Helene and the impact on peoples ability to vote… and the shady changes in laws they were making even before Helene… like changes to make it harder for the university students to vote for example…

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 3 дні тому

      Classic. O and let’s not forget MAGA conspiracy theorists that prompted armed ‘militias’ to go around hunting FEMA workers either, huh? I guess low taxes are great until you need your government, and then it’s cries of this is a disgrace and so on. When will Americans wake up to the fact that higher taxes, especially for the well off and wealthy, are worth it if you get cheaper healthcare and disaster relief, like the rest of the civilised world? Red pilled indeed.

    • @klee88029
      @klee88029 3 дні тому +22

      So, people want less government, less taxation, don't "believe in" the sciences that prove global climate changes, but want one department (FEMA) of the federal government to be funded and staffed to be able to give 100% assistance until everything is fixed in the event of natural disasters. Throughout the USA. Have I got this right? 🧓💙🇺🇸

    • @TheRealRoronoaZoro
      @TheRealRoronoaZoro 3 дні тому +13

      @@klee88029 you got it, but I would add this aid should only be available to red states, according to MAGA delusions. 😅

  • @nottenvironmental6208
    @nottenvironmental6208 3 дні тому +17

    Expect exponentially increasing extreme weather events until the end of the fossil fuel industry.

    • @hollerlakehomestead3181
      @hollerlakehomestead3181 3 дні тому

      Fossil Fuel is being used as a crutch...they know the real cause and refuse to address...Solar cycles play a way larger part in the weather than fossil fuels.

  • @billduffe4472
    @billduffe4472 3 дні тому +5

    Most Americans do not vote for a government that helps low & middle-income people when they suffer disaster. They don't care if other people in need get help. But then they think they deserve help when they need it. Most Americans vote for bad government that is geared towards plutocracy & kleptocracy. Most americans get upset about the consequences, but they never actually study policy and vote to do something about it.

    • @brothermayihavesomeloops7048
      @brothermayihavesomeloops7048 2 дні тому +1

      I agree with this. I'm in a bit of a humbug mood, I'll admit, but I'm tired of this "we're all innocent victims of the system" narrative. That should be the exposition to the story, not the conclusion that we reach. What use is it?

    • @billduffe4472
      @billduffe4472 2 дні тому +1

      @@brothermayihavesomeloops7048 For decades I've waited in vain for Americans to see the bigger picture.

  • @rsteup
    @rsteup 4 дні тому +42

    Now this is REAL journalism. Thank you!

    • @1972Ray
      @1972Ray День тому

      A bunch of it is incorrect, just like a lot of the comments here.

  • @christinepark1398
    @christinepark1398 4 дні тому +107

    It astounds me how miles and miles can be flattened, totally ruined, and people expect it to be all fixed up, back to normal, 3000 houses built and furnished, all the streets and bridges repaired or replaced, all the mess gone, the hundreds of thousands of downed trees cut up and carried away to somewhere. schools and hospitals and workplaces rebuilt and functioning, all in a few months' time as if it never happened. Get real, people. Without a caring society you wouldn't even have the tents you're sheltering in (and cursing daily), the shoes on your feet, and the food you're eating. What's more, this is going to keep on happening because of 80 years of denying climate change and refusing to make even the smallest changes to try to soften some of this harm that 99+ % of scientists assured us was coming. I realize this comment is going to make a lot of people furious but People, denying reality is what made all this happen. It won't even BEGIN to stop getting worse until decades after we start making the necessary changes for our survival. Do you care or not?

    • @marksherman1887
      @marksherman1887 4 дні тому +19

      And look who they all voted for!! And who they keep voting for h for!

    • @Singlesix6
      @Singlesix6 4 дні тому

      @@marksherman1887 Biden is STILL the President. Harris is STILL the VP. Where are they? What have they done? Very little.

    • @googleuser868
      @googleuser868 4 дні тому +3

      What caused the glaciers to melt that left all those beautiful mountains? No humans burning fossil fuels back then.

    • @MatthewBretton-cu2el
      @MatthewBretton-cu2el 4 дні тому +3

      Facts dont care about Feelings. Trump forever lmao😂😂😂. This is what the people voted for ... bask in the profits over people Zeitgeist.

    • @track1949
      @track1949 4 дні тому +9

      Yes, it's been hot before but there were few humans.
      The length of time it took for those previous climate changes to occur could be several centuries. Not the 150 years or so it's taking this time.

  • @MarsMellow84
    @MarsMellow84 4 дні тому +153

    You got what you voted for America. It's only going to get worse.

    • @donmilo4733
      @donmilo4733 3 дні тому

      The Democrats fucked this up

    • @ArleeStarr
      @ArleeStarr 3 дні тому

      Already is. The Dems don't even realize they lost. They're still pushing extreme right wing actions, trying to be more anti-American to entice voters from tRump. LOL

    • @wafflecone_wombatdrone
      @wafflecone_wombatdrone 3 дні тому +23

      This is happening under the current admin, the longer we keep acting like this is exclusive to one side the longer this will persist.

    • @pcatful
      @pcatful 3 дні тому +6

      It’s been the same for every disaster. That’s what we got. Katrina, CA fires, Puerto Rico. Congress has to increase funding and FEMA will still only be able to to do so much. I’m sure administration can improve effectiveness. People say there is some graft in contracts (like everywhere forever) that might get cut out. Congress decides how much money is available and how big an agency is.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 3 дні тому

      @@wafflecone_wombatdrone You're right. This is a systemic problem with a failing, corrupt federal government.

  • @bwin3401
    @bwin3401 3 дні тому +3

    Who will pay for this? Pretty obvious that it won’t be the billionaires.

  • @kradwonders
    @kradwonders 3 дні тому +7

    The problem is we are a “me” country not a “we” country. The attitude is why should I pay taxes for somebody else’s problems, I’ll take care of myself. Therefore, governments are not willing to set aside enough money to really help when help is needed. May be it’s time for that to change? If we can spend billions on a bomber how about similar amounts on helping each other?

  • @lolzasouruhm179
    @lolzasouruhm179 4 дні тому +39

    It’s always funny when politicians act appalled when government funded organizations don’t (can’t) help people enough when the policitans are the ones who put forward legislation that can give the orgs more money to actually help people

    • @SpeakerWiggin49
      @SpeakerWiggin49 3 дні тому +10

      This. They voted in small government conservatives. This is the result (the shower tents packing up, the debris remaining). 2,898,424 NC voters chose Trump AFTER the hurricane.

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 3 дні тому +5

      @@SpeakerWiggin49EXACTLY. They want small government and then wonder why, and cry foul about it, when that what’s they get! Tax cuts are all well and good until you are desperate and need government programs to be properly funded, huh?

    • @ChrisChocol
      @ChrisChocol 3 дні тому

      ​@@SpeakerWiggin49think they stole it. it makes more sense. the dem governor was voted in with about 70% of the vote or something. but then they vote for trump? sus as f

    • @LdyVder
      @LdyVder 2 дні тому +2

      @@SpeakerWiggin49 It also didn't help when FEMA workers were threatened with violence by those they were trying to help.

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 2 дні тому

      @@carlkligerman1981 and it was temporary cuts for personal but permanent cut for corporate.

  • @janeayre96
    @janeayre96 4 дні тому +191

    If Elon has his way, NC will never recover.

    • @TommyRichardstat2Houston713
      @TommyRichardstat2Houston713 3 дні тому

      We are watching Biden and the democrats have their way though, this is reality even if you want to make your fictional statement about Elon...pure insanity

    • @al4nmcintyre
      @al4nmcintyre 3 дні тому +28

      But we sure will have a lot of people desperate enough to do ANY job a billionaire needs done at starvation wages and at-will employment if they get uppity. Working as designed!

    • @CameronsCookingChannel
      @CameronsCookingChannel 3 дні тому

      @@al4nmcintyre What is Elon doing to prevent NC recovery, that is not already being done right now?

    • @BurleyBob0010
      @BurleyBob0010 3 дні тому

      Go back to sleep Sheeple 🐑💤 .. nite nite. TRUMP/VANCE!!! ❤❤❤

    • @MCM898
      @MCM898 2 дні тому

      How IGNORANT can you be?? Just when I thought people couldn’t be anymore out of touch - I see your comment

  • @th0rn3gaming
    @th0rn3gaming 4 дні тому +42

    Did people expect the recovery to be overnight? This storm turned a good portion of this country into a 3rd world country. Asheville is the new post Katrina New Orleans.

    • @mlblja
      @mlblja 3 дні тому

      FEMA is underfunded by the Republican Party and their voters keep voting them into office!

  • @blackadder3388
    @blackadder3388 3 дні тому +9

    As an european it seems unreal how someones house gets destroyed and you get offered 750$ for it. When we had massive floods in my country last year, there were 3 main contributors to relief fund: The government, European union, Insurance companies. Together they covered ~90% of what people have lost. Business's got fixed in 1-2 weeks and continued operations. Not to mention the massive amounts of volunteers (myself included) that provided not just short term but also long term relief. On top of all the media came together and encouraged people for months to provide long term support.

  • @youralaskalinkphotog
    @youralaskalinkphotog 4 дні тому +22

    Here in Alaska, we had a major earthquake not that many years ago. FEMA was not enough. Insurance was not enough. There were houses that were so badly damaged that the city had them condemned. Houses whose mortgages hadn’t even been paid in full. Some folks just literally walked away. What else were they supposed to do? Everyone suffered. The banks repossessed worthless buildings and the home owners lost their places to live and all the equity they paid into it.

  • @TallyRocky
    @TallyRocky 4 дні тому +47

    Wow, I feel for these people. Maybe there would be more FEMA money if corporations and billionaires paid their fair share of taxes? And I’m sure that the guy that this state voted in as the next president will be happy to help you out (drill baby drill, and btw oil companies, for a billon dollar donation to me I’ll get rid of all of your regulations- at least the few that are left).

    • @cmoore7924
      @cmoore7924 3 дні тому

      No stop giving our tax dollars to Ukraine!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @userBZDZ
      @userBZDZ 2 дні тому

      Billionaires already pay taxes, funny how you don't seem to mind about the billions of aid going to foreign countries 🤔

  • @JStankXPlays
    @JStankXPlays 4 дні тому +49

    They voted to lift themselves up by their own bootstraps

    • @jman6109
      @jman6109 4 дні тому

      What do you expect after Bidens' disasterous presidency!!

    • @matthewsanchez7953
      @matthewsanchez7953 4 дні тому

      No doubt Trump will be worse; he's a puppet of privatization, but who's been the president for the last 4 years again?

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché 3 дні тому

      Tire of this, man. We tried. More than 2.7 million North Carolinians voted for Harris. She lost by less than 200k votes, and won the county where this was filmed 67% to trump’s 36%.
      Go fact yourself.

  • @JoAnnFuir
    @JoAnnFuir 3 дні тому +6

    We have a friend in Asheville NC. They didn't have running drinking water for months after the storm. They got drinkable water around Thanksgiving. Things are still bad down there.

  • @markpashia7067
    @markpashia7067 3 дні тому +5

    This crisis has really shown that the vast majority of citizens do not have a clue how this works and are just now learning what is covered and what is not. Sadly they are learning wrong lessons all too often. These emergencies have always been heavily reliant on insurance and volunteers.
    We had a private water company in our subdivision in 1983 when Alisha hit us in Houston. If we wanted water we had to pitch in and help the owner of that company get back up and running. Local response got them an old civil defense generator from WWII for the well and a bunch of us went to work cleaning up and fixing that generator to get power back on that well so we would have water. National Guard put up check points to keep looters out but we had to do the work to clean up and fix up our places with what insurance money we got. Shelters were put up for short term but FEMA gave vouchers for housing if we could not live there while doing the work. Those who could afford it went to family or friends rather than go to the shelters and we lived with bare concrete floors for months while reworking the house until we could carpet the floors. You find a way. No one is going to baby you.
    However our local governments sent out hauling for our debris. We had to stack it near the road, one for branches and such the other for household goods and construction scrap. Volunteers came to help the elderly and infirm, but some of us took time to do that too after working to clear our own mess. Yes, it sucks shoveling out all that mud and muck but when you are done with yours, you ask who needs help. This nation runs on community and helping each other, not the government tit.
    From what I have seen that is different between then and now is that insurance companies are scamming people when they should have regulators up their backsides. But folks keep voting in the deregulation bunch. Some local governments are letting people down but they keep getting voted in. I hate that this is happening but the majority keeps putting these folks into place and letting insurance companies lie cheat and steal. How much you want to bet that many of those hit with mudslides are told by their insurance that it was flooding. Floods are water not soil. But the companies know that most cannot afford to sue them. Regulators should be suing them for you but not when you elect republicans. Sometimes you get what you ask for.

  • @abigail01441
    @abigail01441 4 дні тому +97

    And Congress has the audacity to think they need a raise!

    • @stanlee6487
      @stanlee6487 4 дні тому +5

      israel and Ukraine needs money. hahhhhhhhhaaaa. 😂😂😂😂😂😂.these people have the audacity to criticize china. what is wrong with these people

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites 3 дні тому

      @@stanlee6487they do need money are we gonna abonden our allie

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 3 дні тому

      This is peanuts. The real issue is a shrinking tax base. Nobody wants to pay taxes for a functioning government and then cry foul when they need, that’s right, a functioning government! But I’m sure Trump will sort all this out for you guys. SMH. In the rest of the developed world people understand that higher taxes are in fact a form of social insurance: with proper public funding (ie. a fair and realistic tax system) you get public healthcare, disaster relief and reconstruction, infrastructure, social and affordable housing, disability programs, old age pensions, unemployment benefits that are indefinite and cover you UNTIL you find another job! If everybody pays their fair share in tax society works, for EVERYBODY. If everybody is trying to rort the system it fails, and only the rich benefit. You get what you vote for, pretty much.

    • @nari5161
      @nari5161 3 дні тому

      Misinformation

    • @worschtebrot
      @worschtebrot 2 дні тому

      Believe it or not, Congress hasn't had a raise in a good while. And even so, this shit is another distraction by Republicans to turn you away from the fact that they cannot keep the government going even with a majority of seats. The richest man on earth tweeted at them and they fell in line to hurt you and people like you.

  • @patches7828
    @patches7828 4 дні тому +15

    NC HERE...the people are helping one another....pay attention Everyone...We have to care for each other ❤

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 4 дні тому +2

      🫂 The delusion some people are showing is scary. Good luck with everything.

  • @mrnobody3161
    @mrnobody3161 4 дні тому +50

    Do you think under Shlump it's going to get better?

    • @monsterram6617
      @monsterram6617 4 дні тому +7

      🤣

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV 4 дні тому +1

      Who dat?

    • @bartdoo5757
      @bartdoo5757 4 дні тому +2

      Bidenomics is working!

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV 4 дні тому +2

      @@monsterram6617
      How yo kameltoe vote work out?

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV 4 дні тому

      @@bartdoo5757
      Governor race *stayed* blue

  • @cookiemonstakjs
    @cookiemonstakjs 3 дні тому +10

    The tax on fuel companies is a great idea, but you know darn well that no red states would enact that, so their people will continue to suffer.

    • @userBZDZ
      @userBZDZ 2 дні тому

      It's a stupid idea. What makes you think red states are suffering? 😂

  • @Kiltoonie
    @Kiltoonie 2 дні тому +2

    shameful. But climate change is not the issue here, and hitting big oil just means higher gas prices.

  • @BeachyKeen-ub9rg
    @BeachyKeen-ub9rg 4 дні тому +43

    And they will continue to vote republican.

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché 3 дні тому +2

      Over 2.7 million North Carolinians voted for Harris. She lost by less than 200k votes.

    • @margaretcurry8414
      @margaretcurry8414 3 дні тому

      @@RoachéCoaché glad she lost

    • @cmoore7924
      @cmoore7924 3 дні тому

      like the democrats helped you???? $750 is pathetic and evil!!!!!

    • @worschtebrot
      @worschtebrot 2 дні тому

      @@RoachéCoaché Although you are correct and if we're honest, neither Harris nor Trump voters should be abandoned, it is exhausting that he actually won by a very significant margin after all the shit he and his Republican sycophants have pulled. This is all out in the open but the propaganda and gaslighting is just so strong that tens of millions of people keep falling for it and have been for more that 50 years now.

    • @userBZDZ
      @userBZDZ 2 дні тому

      Yes, and?

  • @Speed_of_Sloth
    @Speed_of_Sloth 4 дні тому +20

    I truly hope someone watching this can make a difference. These people are in dire need.

    • @dead2802
      @dead2802 3 дні тому

      Its Citizens that did everything w donations. Gvmt did NOTHING exactly like several and biden made it clear NO HELP! Trump donated at least 3 mill and got other friends to help. People donated 14000 in generators to help w heat but some police sent by gvmt stole them all. Gvmt also forbid RVs, campers, tiny. insulated living, warm, sanitary showers, restrooms. Only tents allowed! No military rescue/help period! What a regime we let run us! Not ONE corporation donated crap!

  • @BlueBass2
    @BlueBass2 3 дні тому +3

    a fan of your channel, and resident of asheville and been working/volunteering in swannanoa (where you went to the first community case station). it’s true that the county was slow to respond to the disaster, but a lot of that has to do with limited resources in our vicinity (getting dumpsters and storage is still difficult) and the terrain being so difficult to maneuver compared to the flat topography of the coasts and florida where storms usually hit.
    i agree with your main point though - the need for assistance quickly is at the front of everyone’s mind. we’re in the process of creating a Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG) that receives funds from FEMA, but there are a lot of unknowns still. here’s hoping that bill is passed in NY and maybe NC eventually too.

  • @RubyChamber-m9b
    @RubyChamber-m9b 2 дні тому +34

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      @lovelytrumlp-01 2 дні тому

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      @DerrickJohn-t24 2 дні тому

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      @TommyFranklin-m8k 2 дні тому

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      @magaret-fz9he 2 дні тому

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      @AliciaShavon0 2 дні тому

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  • @skylerlightning4620
    @skylerlightning4620 4 дні тому +23

    Insurance companies are design to profit so when that design is no longer profitable than they left very little choice but close. This is consequence of a for profit country where even US politicians profit more than most people do due problems they make.

  • @buddylee5712
    @buddylee5712 4 дні тому +57

    Free Luigi

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c 4 дні тому

      TranslаtЕ!
      Ndisanda kuthumela ividiyo ehlekisayo yomfazi ekhala malunga nenja jak ibekwe phantsi on my home!

    • @FolstrimHori
      @FolstrimHori 4 дні тому +1

      Wrong channel

    • @buddylee5712
      @buddylee5712 4 дні тому +4

      ​@FolstrimHori Wrong comment. This channels supporters are heavily pro-Luigi

    • @FolstrimHori
      @FolstrimHori 3 дні тому

      @@buddylee5712 oh, well as much as I agree with what he did, the fact is he also knew the consequences of what he was doing. That's part of what makes his action so important.

  • @xh0rsex
    @xh0rsex 4 дні тому +10

    A perspective you never see with events like this is focusing on what causes it and changing our ways to try and help prevent it vs focusing on on how do we fix it after the fact.
    Hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more devastating, with the hurricane season expanding in length. This isn't coincidental or just "the way nature is." This is directly correlated to climate change.

  • @jesussalas9262
    @jesussalas9262 3 дні тому +3

    If only the us used 1 % of its military budget for social programs, there wouldn't be poverty.

  • @patriciasheldon6273
    @patriciasheldon6273 3 дні тому +7

    How can prepare for weather changes when we don’t even acknowledge them.

  • @DFontaine7
    @DFontaine7 4 дні тому +26

    i dont understand why anyone is rebuilding in the same devastated spot because IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

    • @maxstrong1999
      @maxstrong1999 4 дні тому

      Because they get their government subsidized insurance lmao.

    • @mukundamodell
      @mukundamodell 4 дні тому +9

      Nowhere is safe. Your home town is next.

    • @pcatful
      @pcatful 3 дні тому +8

      This was an anomaly. Not that it might not happen. Maybe it is a new trend. It was especially bad because this is not a place usually affected by Hurricanes. You can’t predict exactly where it will happen. And for people to just pull up an start somewhere new? That won’t happen.

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz 3 дні тому +1

      DEWs.

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 2 дні тому +2

      SELL THEIR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN?!?!?

  • @drivingmusicholt1935
    @drivingmusicholt1935 4 дні тому +46

    Not just the oil industry. The 1% could make everyone in western NC whole without a dip in their bank account.

    • @RealLifeFinance
      @RealLifeFinance 4 дні тому

      Just Like Oprah and the Rock would have only given up 1% of wealth to house every person in Lahaina fires

    • @LeslieL-q5o
      @LeslieL-q5o 4 дні тому +6

      Ahhh, but innate greed will prevent that. They're too busy impressing each other with their expensive toys and McMansion. You know you need at least 6 yachts and a few Lear jets, just for starters.

    • @jackgardner8225
      @jackgardner8225 4 дні тому

      Spot on. The tech billionaires that just donated 1 million each to the upcoming inauguration which doesn't need the money could have shown some humanity and donated it where it is needed instead of kissing the orange abomination's ass with it. Welcome to the United States of GREED.

    • @alanraza2570
      @alanraza2570 3 дні тому +1

      If you make 32,000$ a year, you're in the top 1%

    • @ktodd037
      @ktodd037 3 дні тому +3

      Elon has made 4 billion dollars a day since the election. Imagine how much 4 billion dollars could do in NC. He received help from the government when he needed it. It would be nice to see 1 billionaire do the right thing.

  • @jman6109
    @jman6109 4 дні тому +9

    Fema still dealing with Hurricane Katrina 20yrs ago, that's insane!!

  • @joeybike2
    @joeybike2 2 дні тому +2

    It's called a DISASTER for a reason. It's not the insurance companies fault if you DON'T HAVE flood insurance. I lost two houses in NOLA, one after the post- Karrina flooding. Our insurance company paid out in full both times. Exactly what the contract stated. No problem. FEMA came through also. If you're insured, it still takes TIME. If you aren't insured, that's on YOU.

    • @alericjohansen6775
      @alericjohansen6775 День тому +1

      did you watch the video?
      The insurance companies are NOT paying people what they need to recover.
      One person in the video needs AT LEAST 350,000 to rebuild their business. Their insurance covered a WHOPPING....11,000. PENNIES compared to what is needed to rebuild.
      Insurance has a history of doing that. So no, insurance is NOT the answer to this problem, it's PART OF THE PROBLEM. Insurance companies are there to make a profit, period. If they don't see a profit, they just leave. That's whats happening in Florida right now.

    • @joeybike2
      @joeybike2 День тому

      @alericjohansen6775 , What is the offending insurance company name.?

  • @mindfighter1
    @mindfighter1 3 дні тому +4

    Texas didn't even make any changes to the power system after the freezes, we're just as vulnerable as we were before. It will probably happen again next year

  • @Cuperino
    @Cuperino 4 дні тому +7

    I’m very thankful for the help we got after Hurricane Maria. The biggest help was with rebuilding essential infrastructure. It took 1 year to bring power back to 90% of the local population, but we still see the effects from then in our electricity bills to this day.

  • @MultiKatieBee
    @MultiKatieBee 4 дні тому +31

    I mean, you're pretty much on your own once you are born in the United States. Lots of people in this country whine and cry about big government and then turn around and demand the government solve their problems. We don't know what types of insurance policies these people purchased, and many people get cheap and choose to be under-insured. People need to be fully insured on their own. My family home burned down in one of the California wildfires. My mom paid for years on an excellent homeowner's policy, and she was paid out immediately without issue.

    • @lifewithramyaaa
      @lifewithramyaaa 4 дні тому +11

      that’s a privilege many people don’t have

    • @JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo
      @JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo 4 дні тому +10

      The ignorance of your comment is absolutely embarrassing and you should 100% feel ashamed of it

    • @SnozBerryQueen
      @SnozBerryQueen 3 дні тому +2

      I wish you knew how privileged and ignorant you sound right now but I know that you won't just from how you even said all this with such confidence.

    • @joancooney7724
      @joancooney7724 3 дні тому +6

      @@lifewithramyaaaNo because they waste their money on Trump merchandise and then complain that they can’t afford to live

    • @SprinkledFox
      @SprinkledFox 3 дні тому

      Good for you? Idgaf.

  • @ericcarlson6822
    @ericcarlson6822 4 дні тому +6

    And some look at the devastation and simply think "how can I use this to put more money in my pockets?"

  • @michellewalters4484
    @michellewalters4484 3 дні тому +3

    Who do you expect to pay for it?? FEMA only has so much money. Maybe Trump shouldn't give tax cuts to the rich, but instead use that taxpayer money from the rich to give more to FEMA to help these people in need. The rich don't need any more tax cuts, America means that money that they should rightfully be paying into our system.

  • @MakaykayLAMB
    @MakaykayLAMB 3 дні тому +2

    I’m sorry, hearing a BILLIONAIRE say he’s giving $750 in relief to homeowners who lost their houses is immoral. It’s so wrong on so many levels.

  • @user-lt1jd1ye3v
    @user-lt1jd1ye3v 4 дні тому +17

    Thanks for making this!!!

  • @acard1985
    @acard1985 4 дні тому +17

    And yet, just some weeks later, North Carolina voted for a negationist who was very clear about letting big oil do everything they want.

    • @SpeakerWiggin49
      @SpeakerWiggin49 3 дні тому +6

      Yep, 2,898,424 NC voters thought smaller government was a good idea while their neighbors take shower in tents that ARE BEING CLOSED DOWN.

    • @bonnieprather610
      @bonnieprather610 3 дні тому +2

      Just desserts then.

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché 3 дні тому +1

      If you’re going to throw numbers, then you should also note that over 2.7 million NC residents voted for Harris. She lost by less than 200k votes.
      Furthermore, in Buncomb County, where Asheville is the county seat, she won 67% to trump’s 36%.
      We tried.
      Doesn’t mean we don’t deserve federal aid.

    • @ultraviolet7838
      @ultraviolet7838 День тому

      ⁠​⁠@@RoachéCoachéYou’re right, it doesn’t. I don’t want us to cut off aid to you out of spite. Though it is frustrating that red states don’t strengthen their infrastructure and have to rely on handouts from us.

  • @nasis18
    @nasis18 4 дні тому +35

    Resident of western NC here. Many folks around here were very spiteful towards the federal government before. The response after Helena has only reinforced and validated their beliefs.

    • @RBzee112
      @RBzee112 4 дні тому +30

      Those are the same people who get mad when "other people" ask for handouts.

    • @nasis18
      @nasis18 4 дні тому +6

      @RBzee112 More often than not.

    • @wncjan
      @wncjan 4 дні тому +1

      More federal funding mean higher taxes.

    • @justinfowler2857
      @justinfowler2857 4 дні тому +9

      ​@@RBzee112Correction: They get mad when people of the "wrong" color get any help regardless.

  • @ravenshamballalightbody1672
    @ravenshamballalightbody1672 3 дні тому +1

    Thank you for following up on this story. Traditional media has no problems showing the sensationalized story but never shows the aftermath or how long it took for recovery or any background on what goes on after the disaster. So bravo to you in this new journalistic style. Follow up on the big stories. Tell the truth.

  • @LauraTaylor-mz8rz
    @LauraTaylor-mz8rz 2 дні тому +2

    Thank you for not forgetting us!!! ♥️

  • @truecatholic1
    @truecatholic1 4 дні тому +20

    Take money from billonaires. It would NOT be unjust. Those who have more than they need can be forced to assist those with (desperate) needs.
    You can't serve God and greed.

    • @Perfidion
      @Perfidion 4 дні тому +2

      According to Kenneth Copeland, you absolutely can.

    • @truecatholic1
      @truecatholic1 3 дні тому

      @Perfidion If you want to go to Hell, then you can be greedy. For example, usury is a sin against justice, so that means that you must give restitution before a priest can absolve you of your sin of usury.

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites 3 дні тому +3

      According to trump and magets u cAn

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 3 дні тому

      The rich should be paying more, but, frankly, nobody in America wants to pay taxes: forgoing public funding for all forms of social capital. Then they cry foul when they need a functioning government! America keeps getting what it votes for, especially in the South. SMH. It’s insanity.

    • @forumaccount5397
      @forumaccount5397 2 дні тому

      Thou shall not steal.

  • @krzysztoftrzebiszeczewski85
    @krzysztoftrzebiszeczewski85 4 дні тому +10

    Haw, is it possible that nobody is addressing very low quality of materials and crappy contraction of houses?

    • @gothboschincarnate3931
      @gothboschincarnate3931 3 дні тому

      Well, homeowners are idiots. To stupid to consider building something that will last.

    • @KittyNinjas
      @KittyNinjas 3 дні тому

      Great question!

  • @maxstrong1999
    @maxstrong1999 4 дні тому +5

    Even if there was a competent response, wouldn't something like this take years to recover from?

  • @bulletpoints556
    @bulletpoints556 3 дні тому +1

    Add surcharge tax of $15,000 on these ridiculous SUV’s and trucks Americans don’t need but insist on driving around and make gasoline cost $6 gallon and you’ll slash emissions drastically.

  • @LiiMuRi
    @LiiMuRi 3 дні тому +4

    FEMA should help more! Let's vote in a president that will cut FEMA funding completely. Makes sense...

  • @shawnslome
    @shawnslome 2 дні тому +3

    I'm a resident in the disaster zone, and I don't have a clue what you're screaming about. Your fear mongering is shameful. "ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE!" I don't know if its click bait or a need for a conspiracy theory. But for God's sake, give it a rest. There are enough challenges is in this world without your crowing. You are only adding to it.

  • @gorillashop337
    @gorillashop337 4 дні тому +6

    In the 90’s the Government and the state sued the tobacco companies. 😮

    • @craignelson3361
      @craignelson3361 3 дні тому

      Probably just because they missed a bribe payment

  • @StyleshStorm
    @StyleshStorm 4 дні тому +12

    This is why I didn't say much about the Firestorm disaster in my home state of Hawaii because you Mainlanders usually get it far worse.

    • @stellarnomad42
      @stellarnomad42 4 дні тому +5

      I was born and raised in Hawaii and live in Asheville, North Carolina and survived Hurricane Helene and am living in the aftermath. It's not about comparison, we're all getting treated like shit by the United Corporations of America.

    • @StyleshStorm
      @StyleshStorm 4 дні тому +3

      @stellarnomad42 ay. That's true wholesomeness here. True. Aloha brahda. Wishing you all the best in this struggle. Trust Hawaii present day is a horror show if you don't even have the money to escape.

    • @stellarnomad42
      @stellarnomad42 4 дні тому

      @StyleshStorm oh I know it's a horror show. It's been a horror show ever since the ha'oles showed up. Like Haunani Kay Trask said: The United States brings death to indigenous peoples.

  • @pinqueenmartin9582
    @pinqueenmartin9582 19 годин тому +1

    Don't worry about people at all. The billionaires have to have their tax break!! And we get to pay for the last Trump tax break for the rest of our lives. A quarter of the national debt is because of that tax break.

  • @skapunkoialternativeliving6522
    @skapunkoialternativeliving6522 3 дні тому +2

    That's a great idea. Let the corporations for once pay the cost. That's a great idea. They're making billions and billions of dollars a day. They can with quarter of that money. They can solve the problem of the corporations don't do it. They must be forced to delete. They profit in America more than anyone else, so, let them pay for the privilege of profiting. By helping their fellow Americans.

  • @robertfeil1828
    @robertfeil1828 4 дні тому +24

    How is congress gonna pay for their raises?!? 🙄

    • @ano1962
      @ano1962 4 дні тому

      They were voting for more disaster relief so there would be more to help these people! The raise was only a 3.9% cost of living adjustment which of course the billionaires and their bootlickers are against because you want to keep the government bending to the elites and crest

    • @jenwendy7
      @jenwendy7 4 дні тому

      this is propaganda the raise posted on X is a lie the real things in the bill would have prohibited musk from earning more money so he ginned up lies to get people on his side did you know he owns X and controls all the info he put out on there?

  • @EnvironmentalCoffeehouse
    @EnvironmentalCoffeehouse 4 дні тому +4

    Love Samantha, I had the privilege of an interview. She knows her stuff. Well done video. Wouldn't it be nice if all that funding that goes to pay for some military expenditures would go to disaster management and climate, environmental issues? It may be in the future the government will see they have no choice in funding disaster management because of the intensity of the storms that are happening.

  • @ZippyCobra
    @ZippyCobra 3 дні тому +2

    We should all be kneeling for the anthem. This country is disgraceful in how it caters to the rich and preys on the poor, sick, and vulnerable.

  • @Speedo123100
    @Speedo123100 3 дні тому +3

    Had to turn a human interest story into climate change propaganda.

  • @ThePapawhisky
    @ThePapawhisky 2 дні тому +2

    You may not have noticed but if you travel around the US and visit rural areas, it is a third world country. Been to Alabama or Mississippi lately? Think about it, our criminal justice system locks up people at twice the rate of the next worst country, Russia. Gun violence is the worst in the world in the US. Healthcare we pay the most and get the worst results. Education, we are way behind peer nations in test results, and we offer very little to our citizens. Inequality, The US is the worst in the world. We have a few families controlling, almost half of the wealth of the country. Now we have a billionaire who has purchased the presidency and is looking to buy the Congress. Meanwhile, millions are starving in this country. Infrastructure,a recent study indicates that a $3.6 trillion investment is needed. Yes unless you’re one of the top 10%, it’s a third old country. So stop voting for Republicans.

  • @VickiLynn54
    @VickiLynn54 3 дні тому +1

    America should help Americans FIRST before other countries. PERIOD !

  • @LoLo-hd4tz
    @LoLo-hd4tz 2 дні тому +3

    Well stop the haters, the liars, the violence that these people did to those trying to help them. I dont blame them for leaving. Yall should be asking where trump is. Wheres the money he raised. He used yall as a political pawn.

  • @TheoSuperHero
    @TheoSuperHero 3 дні тому +4

    What is the source of the american idea that 'the government should come save me or even cares about us' '?
    I'm 25 and have never seen even a hint of this as real-life, nor was it taught by My parents.

    • @brothermayihavesomeloops7048
      @brothermayihavesomeloops7048 2 дні тому +2

      I'm also 25 and have wondered the same thing for at least 10 years. Maybe there is hope yet for us.

    • @TheoSuperHero
      @TheoSuperHero 2 дні тому +1

      @brothermayihavesomeloops7048 Action and Discipline over hope!

  • @void2258
    @void2258 4 дні тому +7

    "If Kathy Hocul decides to sign it into law before the end of the year" means the law is dead because it doesn't have the support of her corporate backers.

  • @crazybyproxy
    @crazybyproxy День тому +1

    Its sad what has happened, but its sadder still to hear yhe blame game being played instead of addressing the real problems

  • @denised.1622
    @denised.1622 2 дні тому +1

    I'm confused. There are benefits they can apply for, in addition to an insurance claim. What was the result of those applications?? I have not heard any of these people addressing that. The $750 is only an emergency cash award. (Not a loan) What was the response to the applications for housing rebuild, etc? And yes absolutely, there needs to be more money for disaster relief, and we cannot continue to give billionaire tax breaks and fund these programs as well.

  • @andrewsiff
    @andrewsiff 3 дні тому +3

    This is a lame blather. People are hurting and Exxon didn’t do it. Oil companies are no more liable than you are for the damage done. It’s a bad situation. The yearly government expenditure on foreign aid, which is just money laundering, could make whole all the families affected.

    • @spile7
      @spile7 3 дні тому

      Thank god someone else smells this BS as well. Next they’ll start wanting fast food companies to pay people’s medical bills

  • @experiencerio7935
    @experiencerio7935 3 дні тому +3

    Posting trump telling a lie right in the beginning is not a great start.
    Still watching 100%....but the 750 was an immediate credit. A start only...........

  • @stevenhanson6057
    @stevenhanson6057 4 дні тому +13

    If you’ve ever used fossil fuels, you’ve no room to complain. Do you realize how crazy that statement is?

    • @donaldspaulding6973
      @donaldspaulding6973 4 дні тому

      No, they aren't smart enough and many people have a vested interest in keeping it that way. Want proof? They just elected a guy who CUT FEMA money and then complained about it!

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché 3 дні тому +2

      The whole US transportation system was lobbied by the fossil fuel industry to be built the way it is, so people would be dependent on their products.

  • @caseyb1353
    @caseyb1353 3 дні тому +1

    In the next decade, we will only have each other. Each other to help, or each other to blame. That’s a decision for every one of us to truly make.

  • @bwin3401
    @bwin3401 3 дні тому +1

    People went uninsured or under insured because of the high cost of insurance. Uninsured means self insured. Climate change, that we’ve been screaming about for decades, will cause endless pain. Katrina was only the beginning. Home insurance is going to go the way of health insurance . . . Nationalized.

  • @quarry_24
    @quarry_24 4 дні тому +7

    I swear insurance was never the right answer... ever.
    I swear we are better off saving our money in bank accounts, or not letting anyone touch it at all.
    The careless rich get covered and the careful poor robbed.

    • @googleuser868
      @googleuser868 4 дні тому

      The powers that be rob the savers with the printing press inflating away the fruits of your labor.

  • @CR-sw4nn
    @CR-sw4nn 3 дні тому +13

    Because we have ignored the effects of rising CO2 on our climate, we will now have to look at relocating entire communities. Rebuilding or building towns and cities right next to rivers or on the coast is pointless. No more flood insurance should be provided to owners of places like Mar a Lago and the government needs to provide assistance to those of us in the 99% to assist with relocation to higher ground.

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 3 дні тому +4

      You don’t get a functioning government without a functioning tax system. It’s really that simple. You guys keep getting what you vote for. Agree that mass relocations is the only feasible solution now, but this means higher taxes across the board. A society in which everybody isn’t paying their fair share is a society that goes into rapid decline, and then fails.

    • @cmoore7924
      @cmoore7924 3 дні тому

      again another person who believes the Lie about Global Warming!

    • @izabelaszczypka4866
      @izabelaszczypka4866 3 дні тому

      @@carlkligerman1981 Increasing the taxes? Limiting the freedom to live wherever people fancy? UNTHINKABLE! :-)))