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Jim Risch: “I have been struck by the fact that so many people look to the Federal Government as the insurer of disasters that they…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I have been struck by the fact that so many people look to the Federal Government as the insurer of disasters that they did not insure against.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch highlights reliance on government for disaster insurance instead of personal responsibility.

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