Thomas Sowell Recommend this article   Our hearts automatically
go out to the people of Florida, who are being battered by a
series of hurricanes in rapid succession. But we have brains as
well as hearts -- and the time is long overdue to start using
them.   Hurricanes come through Florida every year about this
time. And, every year, politicians get to parade their
compassion by showering the taxpayers' money on the places that
have been struck.   What would happen if they didn't?   First of
all, not as many people would build homes in the path of a well-
known disaster that comes around like clockwork virtually every
year. Those who did would buy insurance that covers the costs of
the risks they choose to take.   That insurance would not be
cheap -- which would provide yet another reason for people to
locate out of harm's way. The net result would be fewer lives
lost and less property damage. Is it not more compassionate to
seek this result, even if it would deprive politicians of
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