Hurricane Helene Victims Are Still Reeling. Who Failed Them?

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  • @antonleimbach648
    @antonleimbach648 День тому +103

    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 22 години 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 15 годин тому +2

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

    • @LdyVder
      @LdyVder 14 годин 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 13 годин 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.

  • @GarethMonteiro-ul5mj
    @GarethMonteiro-ul5mj День тому +467

    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 День тому +37

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

    • @Happy_Biker
      @Happy_Biker День 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 День тому +11

      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 День 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 День тому +12

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

  • @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup
    @myhandlewastakenandIgaveup День тому +716

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

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c День тому

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

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c День тому

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

    • @keithfoundfun
      @keithfoundfun День тому +17

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

    • @benjaminhigham3624
      @benjaminhigham3624 День тому +6

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

    • @munk_ken
      @munk_ken День тому +17

      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.

  • @sarahelko
    @sarahelko День тому +195

    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 День 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 День тому +2

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

    • @ktodd037
      @ktodd037 День тому +4

      You can thank the SC for that.

    • @whatsup9260
      @whatsup9260 18 годин 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 16 годин тому +4

      We need to overturn Citizens United!

  • @yeceniaperez1165
    @yeceniaperez1165 День тому +82

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

    • @jladd6286
      @jladd6286 День тому +14

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

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites День тому +8

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

    • @kiwicol7383
      @kiwicol7383 День тому +7

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

    • @MEKIDAME
      @MEKIDAME 14 годин тому +2

      Not sad. ENRAGING it is.

    • @runna-x5h
      @runna-x5h 6 годин тому +1

      He sent plenty,look up corruption in pr

  • @Atimatimukti
    @Atimatimukti День тому +1109

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

    • @olgakim4848
      @olgakim4848 День тому +28

      The US has buttloads of money.

    • @alexscott6095
      @alexscott6095 День тому +131

      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 День 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 День 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 День тому +27

      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 День тому +805

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

    • @Nucleric
      @Nucleric День тому +20

      you are right

    • @PlagueGuy
      @PlagueGuy День тому +11

      Not with that sheepish attitude.

    • @cultureal9544
      @cultureal9544 День тому

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

    • @cultureal9544
      @cultureal9544 День тому +20

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

    • @Bruinschuss
      @Bruinschuss День тому +8

      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.

  • @jameshumphries7272
    @jameshumphries7272 День тому +617

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

    • @bevhills4877
      @bevhills4877 День 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 День тому

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

    • @berinmind
      @berinmind День тому

      War and illegal immigrants

    • @Cory_Springer
      @Cory_Springer День тому +35

      helping our own citizens is SoCiAlIsM

    • @vg7985
      @vg7985 День тому +2

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

  • @janeayre96
    @janeayre96 День тому +167

    If Elon has his way, NC will never recover.

    • @TommyRichardstat2Houston713
      @TommyRichardstat2Houston713 День 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 День тому +22

      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 День тому

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

    • @BurleyBob0010
      @BurleyBob0010 20 годин тому

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

  • @YvetteCarmen
    @YvetteCarmen День тому +169

    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 День 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 День 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 День 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 День 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 День тому +1

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  • @mom5catskyle596
    @mom5catskyle596 День тому +328

    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 День тому

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

    • @HypatiaMuse
      @HypatiaMuse День тому +17

      Yep, another chapter of The Shock Doctrine

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 День тому +12

      It's by *design*

    • @NorthSeaWisdom
      @NorthSeaWisdom День 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 День тому +24

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

  • @gingerredshoes
    @gingerredshoes День тому +273

    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 День тому +14

      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 День тому +25

      @@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 День 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 День тому +2

      True

    • @jgg204
      @jgg204 День тому +17

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

  • @DieselDucy
    @DieselDucy День тому +185

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

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c День тому

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

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c День тому

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

    • @vashondajames9811
      @vashondajames9811 День тому +1

      Agreed

  • @MarsMellow84
    @MarsMellow84 День тому +135

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

    • @donmilo4733
      @donmilo4733 День тому

      The Democrats fucked this up

    • @ArleeStarr
      @ArleeStarr День 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 День тому +18

      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 День тому +5

      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 День тому

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

  • @youralaskalinkphotog
    @youralaskalinkphotog День тому +14

    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.

  • @angelsflight1837
    @angelsflight1837 День тому +337

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

    • @Steve-Richter
      @Steve-Richter День 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 День тому +88

      @@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 День тому +16

      They deserve what they voted for!

    • @MichelleLanghout
      @MichelleLanghout День 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 День тому +1

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

  • @robinlaszlo
    @robinlaszlo День тому +626

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

    • @Artur-sw8er
      @Artur-sw8er День тому +7

      It's propaganda

    • @NAC_Exec
      @NAC_Exec День тому +18

      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 День 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 День тому

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

    • @Ttdogi
      @Ttdogi День 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 День тому +236

    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 День тому +18

      amen

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi День тому +14

      " From every crisis comes an opportunity" basically

    • @debbiemarquis3231
      @debbiemarquis3231 День тому

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

    • @mctomans
      @mctomans 22 години тому +2

      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 20 годин тому +5

      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.

  • @kradwonders
    @kradwonders 18 годин тому +5

    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?

  • @skylerlightning4620
    @skylerlightning4620 День 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.

  • @irenafarm
    @irenafarm День тому +168

    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 День тому +12

      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 День тому

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

    • @nickjohansen9038
      @nickjohansen9038 День тому +16

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

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites День тому

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

    • @lacdirk
      @lacdirk День тому +2

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

  • @michellej1947
    @michellej1947 День тому +125

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

    • @track1949
      @track1949 День тому +3

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

    • @Red-ej6he
      @Red-ej6he День тому +1

      Try billionaires.

    • @Perfidion
      @Perfidion День тому +11

      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 День тому +4

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

    • @lacdirk
      @lacdirk День тому +2

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

  • @Akanisen049
    @Akanisen049 День тому +259

    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 День тому +29

      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 День тому +5

      They ort to defund your internet

    • @victorias935
      @victorias935 День тому +90

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

    • @victorias935
      @victorias935 День тому

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

    • @TheRealSykx
      @TheRealSykx День 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.

  • @BeachyKeen-ub9rg
    @BeachyKeen-ub9rg День тому +33

    And they will continue to vote republican.

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché День тому +2

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

    • @margaretcurry8414
      @margaretcurry8414 День тому

      @@RoachéCoaché glad she lost

    • @cmoore7924
      @cmoore7924 День тому

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

    • @worschtebrot
      @worschtebrot 11 годин 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.

  • @neshachristian-hendrickson5598
    @neshachristian-hendrickson5598 День тому +2

    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.

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley День тому +84

    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 День 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 День 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.

  • @lolzasouruhm179
    @lolzasouruhm179 День тому +37

    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 День тому +9

      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 День тому +4

      @@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 День 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 14 годин тому +1

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

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 11 годин тому

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

  • @TheCYW
    @TheCYW День тому +153

    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 День тому +39

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

    • @Phantomdani
      @Phantomdani День 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 День 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 День тому +21

      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 День тому +13

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

  • @nickybeingnicky
    @nickybeingnicky День тому +8

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

  • @michellewalters4484
    @michellewalters4484 16 годин 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.

  • @christinepark1398
    @christinepark1398 День тому +103

    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 День тому +18

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

    • @Singlesix6
      @Singlesix6 День тому

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

    • @googleuser868
      @googleuser868 День тому +1

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

    • @MatthewBretton-cu2el
      @MatthewBretton-cu2el День 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 День тому +8

      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.

  • @rsteup
    @rsteup День тому +39

    Now this is REAL journalism. Thank you!

  • @TallyRocky
    @TallyRocky День тому +41

    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 День тому

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

  • @BlueBass2
    @BlueBass2 День тому +2

    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.

  • @th0rn3gaming
    @th0rn3gaming День тому +39

    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 День тому

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

  • @abigail01441
    @abigail01441 День тому +91

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

    • @stanlee6487
      @stanlee6487 День тому +5

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

    • @bluebandites
      @bluebandites День тому

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

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 День 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 День тому

      Misinformation

    • @worschtebrot
      @worschtebrot 11 годин 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.

  • @RiiDii
    @RiiDii 21 годину тому +2

    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.

  • @nottenvironmental6208
    @nottenvironmental6208 День тому +15

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

    • @hollerlakehomestead3181
      @hollerlakehomestead3181 21 годину 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.

  • @JStankXPlays
    @JStankXPlays День тому +46

    They voted to lift themselves up by their own bootstraps

    • @jman6109
      @jman6109 День тому

      What do you expect after Bidens' disasterous presidency!!

    • @matthewsanchez7953
      @matthewsanchez7953 День 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 День 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.

  • @Speed_of_Sloth
    @Speed_of_Sloth День тому +18

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

    • @dead2802
      @dead2802 День 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!

  • @mrnobody3161
    @mrnobody3161 День тому +45

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

    • @monsterram6617
      @monsterram6617 День тому +6

      🤣

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV День тому +1

      Who dat?

    • @bartdoo5757
      @bartdoo5757 День тому +2

      Bidenomics is working!

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV День тому +2

      @@monsterram6617
      How yo kameltoe vote work out?

    • @UHaulTV
      @UHaulTV День тому

      @@bartdoo5757
      Governor race *stayed* blue

  • @cookiemonstakjs
    @cookiemonstakjs День тому +8

    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.

  • @dmi4942
    @dmi4942 17 годин тому +2

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

  • @DFontaine7
    @DFontaine7 День тому +25

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

    • @maxstrong1999
      @maxstrong1999 День тому

      Because they get their government subsidized insurance lmao.

    • @mukundamodell
      @mukundamodell День тому +8

      Nowhere is safe. Your home town is next.

    • @pcatful
      @pcatful День 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 18 годин тому

      DEWs.

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 14 годин тому

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

  • @xh0rsex
    @xh0rsex День тому +9

    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.

  • @drivingmusicholt1935
    @drivingmusicholt1935 День 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 День 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 День 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 День 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 День тому

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

    • @ktodd037
      @ktodd037 День 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.

  • @billduffe4472
    @billduffe4472 15 годин тому +4

    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 15 годин 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 3 години тому

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

  • @patches7828
    @patches7828 День тому +8

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

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems День тому +2

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

  • @patriciasheldon6273
    @patriciasheldon6273 День тому +7

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

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 14 годин тому

      Hey, who are you gonna believe, ExxonMobil or your own eyes?

  • @blackadder3388
    @blackadder3388 День тому +7

    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.

  • @RileyMcGreevy
    @RileyMcGreevy День тому +4

    This is so sad. I actually cried. Unfortunately this is only going to get worse. I think fossil fuel companies and other billionaires should have to pay for every single cent of damage. Capitalism is causing the problem, so lets have capitalists pay to fix it.

  • @LiiMuRi
    @LiiMuRi День тому +4

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

  • @JoAnnFuir
    @JoAnnFuir День тому +5

    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.

  • @acard1985
    @acard1985 День 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 День 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 День тому +2

      Just desserts then.

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché День 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.

  • @user-lt1jd1ye3v
    @user-lt1jd1ye3v День тому +17

    Thanks for making this!!!

  • @maxstrong1999
    @maxstrong1999 День тому +5

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

  • @jman6109
    @jman6109 День тому +7

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

  • @BrownieX001
    @BrownieX001 День тому +24

    Climate change will keep making things more expensive everywhere and any risk management agency will struggle. There isn't funding to rebuild entire cities every few years. The money is spent elsewhere. Yet the US people voted for the party that is promising policies that help the ultra wealthy instead of the people that helped unions stay strong and funded local infrastructure.

    • @cmoore7924
      @cmoore7924 День тому

      Used to be global warming when that was found out to be a lie they came up with the term "Climate Change" Wake up people! your are being lied to again!

    • @BabsKaz
      @BabsKaz 18 годин тому

      Geoengineering

  • @nasis18
    @nasis18 День тому +34

    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 День тому +29

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

    • @nasis18
      @nasis18 День тому +6

      @RBzee112 More often than not.

    • @wncjan
      @wncjan День тому +1

      More federal funding mean higher taxes.

    • @justinfowler2857
      @justinfowler2857 День тому +8

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

  • @MultiKatieBee
    @MultiKatieBee День 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 День тому +10

      that’s a privilege many people don’t have

    • @JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo
      @JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo День тому +9

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

    • @SnozBerryQueen
      @SnozBerryQueen День 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 День тому +5

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

    • @SprinkledFox
      @SprinkledFox День тому

      Good for you? Idgaf.

  • @truecatholic1
    @truecatholic1 День тому +19

    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 День тому +2

      According to Kenneth Copeland, you absolutely can.

    • @truecatholic1
      @truecatholic1 День 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 День тому +3

      According to trump and magets u cAn

    • @carlkligerman1981
      @carlkligerman1981 День 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 10 годин тому

      Thou shall not steal.

  • @ericcarlson6822
    @ericcarlson6822 День тому +4

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

  • @mindfighter1
    @mindfighter1 День тому +3

    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

  • @krzysztoftrzebiszeczewski85
    @krzysztoftrzebiszeczewski85 День тому +10

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

    • @gothboschincarnate3931
      @gothboschincarnate3931 День тому

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

    • @KittyNinjas
      @KittyNinjas День тому

      Great question!

  • @buddylee5712
    @buddylee5712 День тому +56

    Free Luigi

    • @RandomName641-z4c
      @RandomName641-z4c День тому

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

    • @FolstrimHori
      @FolstrimHori День тому +1

      Wrong channel

    • @buddylee5712
      @buddylee5712 День тому +4

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

    • @FolstrimHori
      @FolstrimHori День 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.

  • @terywetherlow7970
    @terywetherlow7970 19 годин тому +3

    Low income working class pretty much 99% of citizens.

  • @skapunkoialternativeliving6522
    @skapunkoialternativeliving6522 День 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.

  • @cliveklg7739
    @cliveklg7739 День тому +3

    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.

  • @Cuperino
    @Cuperino День тому +6

    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.

  • @StyleshStorm
    @StyleshStorm День 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 День 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 День 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 День 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.

  • @jesussalas9262
    @jesussalas9262 День тому +2

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

  • @Jordy-u5l
    @Jordy-u5l День тому +2

    why have insurance if they dont pay anyways? This will bring many countries downs. we are not even close to dealing with these situations.

  • @gorillashop337
    @gorillashop337 День тому +6

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

    • @craignelson3361
      @craignelson3361 День тому

      Probably just because they missed a bribe payment

  • @robertfeil1828
    @robertfeil1828 День тому +23

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

    • @ano1962
      @ano1962 День 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 День 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 День 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.

  • @jdc8352
    @jdc8352 6 годин тому +1

    Mainstream had abandoned this and moved onto drones flying around new jersey.

  • @skapunkoialternativeliving6522
    @skapunkoialternativeliving6522 День тому +2

    $750 cannot do nothing today. Nothing absolutely nothing. What I should have did is least. Give them at least $10000 each at least.

  • @DeniseDixon-w8u
    @DeniseDixon-w8u День тому +3

    You are lucky the Democrats was working to make sure there unfortunate people got relief money but nothing replaces your home. I have funiture I would glady give someone in that area, FREE! But I live in Athens Ga

  • @Unik39
    @Unik39 День тому +7

    So people in america don't want to pay taxes because that's socialism and they want to be free.
    But when the shit hits the fan you demand support and help and criticise government
    ✌️

  • @olgakim4848
    @olgakim4848 День тому +5

    Maybe they should stop voting against their best interests (i.e., voting Republican).

    • @RoachéCoaché
      @RoachéCoaché День тому

      Harris lost the state by less than 200k votes. Over 2.7m North Carolinians voted for her.

  • @community1949
    @community1949 15 годин тому +1

    Flood insurance is so tricky and almost a scam - did the water come from rain, or a river or creek overflowing? In my mind a flood is a flood and should be covered by flood insurance - but it is not!!!! And some locations flood insurance isn't even available.

  • @om-nj2hw
    @om-nj2hw День тому +1

    The petroleum industry should be the ones paying for all this. The damages they do is epic, demonic, really.

    • @J-gw8yi
      @J-gw8yi 16 годин тому

      So why don"t you stop using petroleum industry products along with the rest of you climate change cry babies?
      You would be doing the majority of us a great favor !

  • @ahuachapan2
    @ahuachapan2 День тому +3

    I'm from a third world country. No offense but my country is prettier than this.

  • @secksworker
    @secksworker День тому +9

    yeah sorry to be so frank, a lot of people are about to find out what not investing in social services and government assistance gets you

  • @prettybrwneyez7757
    @prettybrwneyez7757 День тому +3

    You get what you vote for!

  • @lisamcintyre9832
    @lisamcintyre9832 День тому +1

    I worked with several families after Hurricane Katrina who were bused to Nashville. One family spent 8 days on a bridge. Please remember that things will not immediately do back to normal. Parts of NOLA are still abandoned.
    Rebuilding will take several years. That’s how it is.
    We live next to a creek that is dry 10 months a year. After a weekend of rain, the creek flooded a neighbors house and it took 2 years to redo their house. We all have flood insurance because of a spring fed creek.
    Some of these families may need to move to a different location.
    It’s hard and it costs a lot. FEMA doesn’t cover many things like when your shed floats into the neighbor’s yard or your asphalt driveway ends up in your front yard.
    Congress finally approved more money so hopefully things will start moving.

    • @Mikemelancon-k9n
      @Mikemelancon-k9n День тому

      hello Dear, I Usually love your comments on this channel, complement of the season 🎄 🎁 How are you doing today?

  • @boonedog1457
    @boonedog1457 21 годину тому +1

    Ok, so tax oil companies so that money can be used to restore the lives of victims of these disasters. Yes, like that money will fix the problem. Study the patterns. That money will not make it to where it was intended. We've seen it time and time again! Take Social security for example. That money was repurposed to other uses, which is why it's now under funded. There is no accountability. That's the problem. Even Insurance Companies are not coming to the table to help these victims. They are profit driven companies, driven by greed.

  • @peachykeen8504
    @peachykeen8504 День тому +5

    That scrap wood they were tossing in the dumpster looked like firewood or even possibly material for a shanty to replace a tent.

  • @quarry_24
    @quarry_24 День 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 День тому

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

  • @-in-the-meantime...
    @-in-the-meantime... День тому +7

    Friendly reminder that mountain river valleys, beaches, and swamps will indeed involve water. 🤪

  • @fake734
    @fake734 День тому +1

    The entire system has failed and is corrupt!

  • @outdooraddictquickies8204
    @outdooraddictquickies8204 2 години тому +1

    Instead of sending money to Ukraine, send it to these communities

  • @stevenhanson6057
    @stevenhanson6057 День 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 День 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 День 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.

  • @CR-sw4nn
    @CR-sw4nn День 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 День 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 День тому

      again another person who believes the Lie about Global Warming!

    • @izabelaszczypka4866
      @izabelaszczypka4866 18 годин тому

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

  • @void2258
    @void2258 День 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.

  • @maggiemay5845
    @maggiemay5845 День тому +2

    WNC folk here, thank you so much for covering the insurance side of this. So many of us have been completely dependent on gofundme's or other independent fundraising efforts. The lack of financial aid from the government has been devastating for so many. It will likely be decades before we completely recover.

  • @skapunkoialternativeliving6522
    @skapunkoialternativeliving6522 День тому +1

    Fiba is a joke and a story. But let some other country have a problem exactly what they said billions of dollars over that.

  • @samloki7996
    @samloki7996 День тому +12

    i love it when people who don’t even live in the US or NC are speaking for them as if this is at all a political issue. It’s a systemic issue that non of you actually understand because you don’t live here.

    • @chrisgg80
      @chrisgg80 День тому +2

      people are literally blaming it on republicans as if NC hasn't been a democratic state for so many years...

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise День тому +3

      I’m from Hendersonville. My brother lives in Swannanoa, my mother in East Asheville. I’m sorry you’ve been made to suffer the empty well-wishing of opportunists, and people larping as journos, but I have to disagree with you-the very definition of a systemic issue (which you are correct, in that these are systemic issues) is that it isn’t unique to one people or place, and it is deeply political. After all, political choices and motivations are responsible for shaping and breaking the systems that are failing us.
      What you’re experiencing is repeating itself elsewhere-in E Palestine, OH and all over the southeastern coasts, as it has been for decades, and will continue to do so. It may _feel_ new, because such disasters so rarely occur in WNC, but it’s worth highlighting how bad this is in WNC as a microcosm for how broken the systems are that are designed to serve us all. There, by the grace of God, go we.

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise День тому

      I hope you and your family are some place safe and warm, and that this gets better soon. ☮️

    • @geekazoid
      @geekazoid День тому +3

      I wouldn't dismiss objective observation. When the whole world is saying get your shit together america, they probably have a point. It is important that solutions are local, but the stubborn insistence of americans that they are special different and exceptional is a big obstacle to progress.

    • @matricci2256
      @matricci2256 День тому

      ​@@chrisgg80 NC has a Super Majority Republican led state house that has all the power. You should do some research before you post stupid 💩

  • @Sparklfoot
    @Sparklfoot День тому +5

    Basically, too poor to take care of themselves. Not their fault. Our expectations exceed our capacity to maintain this level of civilization.

  • @TheoSuperHero
    @TheoSuperHero 16 годин тому +3

    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 15 годин тому +1

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

    • @TheoSuperHero
      @TheoSuperHero 13 годин тому

      @brothermayihavesomeloops7048 Action and Discipline over hope!