| 1. Natural
disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes cause terrible human suffering
that is sad and I sympathize with victims. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 2. Natural
disasters destroy billions of dollars worth of homes, schools, autos, factories,
equipment, farmland, infrastructure, etc. annually. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 3. Physical
damage and destruction damages people's lives. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 4. Physical
damage and destruction gets repaired and rebuilt. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 5. Repairing
and rebuilding requires insurance companies to pay claims and governments to spend money. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 6. Repairing
and rebuilding requires construction hiring and people to work at those tasks. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 7. Repairing
and rebuilding requires companies such as Home Depot to employ people to sell products. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 8. Repairing
and rebuilding requires companies such as Whirlpool and General Motors to employ people to
manufacture products. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 9. Repairing
and rebuilding results in people who receive insurance and/or government payments live in
new housing, buy new autos, home entertainment, appliances, etc. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 10. The billions of
dollars of damage is actually billions of dollars of insurance and government money paid
to victims who use that money to replace lost homes and possessions. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 11. So after the
clean-up and rebuilding many people have new homes, autos, stereos, etc. Therefore
the real tragedy is not the billions of dollars lost (except for the insurance companies),
but lost personal possessions and loss of life. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 12. I am: |
Female
Male |
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| 13. My age group
is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older |