'Swirling The Drain': Whitehouse Raises Alarms Over Climate Change's Impact On Insurance Markets

At a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) spoke about climate change and its impact on insurance markets.

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[angrysackmagic]

They want to buy your house and make you a renter with no rights

[DG-yccx]

they take themselves seriously, no one else does.

[JamesJacobson-ovps]

As an insurance company, you cannot insure to an elevated value, when you know that value is likely to get cut in half very soon

[markcosenza]

I remember a time when the climate wasn't changing. I'm sure seizing all money from Americans will end climate change. Quick, get on your private jets, and warn the world!😂😂

[dougiep]

Its all about fake values they dont want to insure..its one thing when your paying 150, 000 for a house. Its another when your paying 500, 000 for a 150, 000 house if free money and speculation drives it up in 3 yrs

[Jonesys-oo]

Climate change laughable 😅😅. Stop f..king with the weather.