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PAD-80-39 [i] (1980-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabatl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman And Ranking Minority Member Senate Committee On The Budget United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Federal Disaster Assistance: What Should The Policy Be? Three forms' of assistan ne-re'preW able: loans, grants, and insurance. Some tax transfers are a form of assistance which in- creases the Government's risk while escaping disaster budget scrutiny. In formulating Federal disaster policy, two economic principles should be considered: --equity--consistency of assistance among victims, for different disasters, and over time; and --efficiency--the influence of the policy on potential victims' willingness to'risk disaster losses. The policy should embody the notion that those losing the most--proportionately--from a natural disaster should receive the most as- sistance and that the availability of assist- ance should minimize the possibility of con- tributing to poor locational decisions. GAO believes that the most efficient and equitable form of assistance is insurance. JyitD ST m - W ouN'\ PAD-80-39 JUNE 16, 1980

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