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If the free market can't insure a risk, at any price, then maybe no one should be taking that risk.

Or at least they ought to be left to fend for themselves if they suffer losses due to that.



Maybe you shouldn't have beachfront South Florida real estate if you can't afford the out-of-pocket cost to fix it when it gets wrecked from a hurricane.

Is that a controversial statement? Beachfront property is not a human right. If it's too expensive to insure, then it becomes available only to people who don't financially need insurance - or those who are willing to risk going without it even if they would need it financially.




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