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Reducing Disaster Risk: A Conservative Perspective Eli Lehrer President, R Street

Reducing Disaster Risk: A Conservative Perspective Eli Lehrer President, R Street. Our New Offices. Our Views on Disaster Risk. All Choices Involve Costs. Government Encourages Bad Choices. Much development in harm’s way comes as a result of government subsidies.

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Reducing Disaster Risk: A Conservative Perspective Eli Lehrer President, R Street

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  1. Reducing Disaster Risk: A Conservative PerspectiveEli LehrerPresident, R Street

  2. Our New Offices

  3. Our Views on Disaster Risk

  4. All Choices Involve Costs

  5. Government Encourages Bad Choices • Much development in harm’s way comes as a result of government subsidies. • Risk-based insurance rates are the single best protection. • We don’t have them anywhere.

  6. Pure Conservation Has a Place

  7. Mostly, Government Should

  8. Our Goals

  9. What We Want • Less government regulation and fewer subsidies. • Risk-based insurance rates. • Conservation of wetlands for their natural and beneficial uses.

  10. CBRA: My Favorite Environmental Law

  11. We Need More of the Same

  12. Progress

  13. Where We’ve Succeeded Smartersafer.org…everyone together.

  14. A Broad Coalition for Flood Reform

  15. More Progress in the States Florida HB1770: Coastal Preservation

  16. Obstacles We Face

  17. 1: “I Fly Commercial…Whenever Possible.”

  18. 2: “Keep the Government’s Hands off of my Medicare!”

  19. Thank You!

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