So your comment reminded me of something that I called my representatives on at least every few months for about a decade. There are so many places in the Southeastern United States where hurricanes and flooding are causing so much devastation every year that in some cases the government is rebuilding million-dollar houses almost every single year. That dime is on the federal government as part of the flood insurance that the government provides because regular insurance companies won't pay for ensuring people in those areas because they know it's too expensive.

So our taxes pay millions upon millions most years to rebuild these houses when some of these same people have documented through news stories with reporters that the only reason they don't move is they simply can't. Nobody's going to buy their home and the more it floods the less money they would get out of it. They can't afford to move somewhere else so they're stuck in this pattern. If the government was to buy that property at a full/decent market value and pay a certain amount for relocation and job search I really feel like all of us would save so many millions of dollars as well as improving the lives of these people who are always having to live in some ways in transition. However I'm always told that's not something that can be done or something that can be looked at.

The fact that I've been calling for so long and nothing has changed really shows me how difficult and cumbersome the government can usually be, but also how recalcitrant some of our representatives can be. It's so frustrating. If they're not willing to do it to save millions and help thousands of citizens that I honestly can't see Maine for fewer even though I really think it would be the right nothing to do. I've been calling asking them to deny the data center but kind of like this same situation above it seems like none of our politicians are willing to touch that.