California Landslides

Well, another community in California damaged by a landslide. I wonder how much taxpayers money is going to be spent to fix things. Thousands will be spent just in emergency services. Now, the government will come in and either do land buyouts, or land rebuilding, or some other thing that will result in east coast people paying for the stupidity of west coast people putting houses in an area with a documented history of landslides. This like taxpayers here paying for beach renourishment. Because some jackleg is dumb enough to build a home too close to the ocean, and North Carolina's barrier islands are always on the move, taxpayers have to foot the bill to fix their problems.

I don't have a problem with the government helping somebody from the randomness of a tornado, or somebody who lives away from the coast but gets hurricane damage, but to build a house on a hill where landslides have happened before? Or to build in a known flood plain and want help for being flooded? This all brings us to the bigger picture, which is people need to be responsible and take responsibility for their actions.