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I dont live in or near California, but I am constantly seeing
disasters in that state which in my opinion are due to stupidity in
construction.

I hear you but you ought to expand your question to other areas such as
flood planes, hurricane risk areas, etc.

What really burns me up (no pun intended) is that people knowingly build in
high risk areas and when the inevitable disaster strikes, they expect and
demand that they get bailed out by tax payer dollars. Ditto for subprime
loan victims. "You take the risk; you pay the price."

And our politicians won't draw the line for fear they'll lose votes.

There! I feel somewhat better.