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Originally Posted by gadwall  Iowa is populated mostly by self sufficent conserative people who expect their goverment to give them a hand not a hand out. |
As an Iowan, I want to say that we made it throught the floods of 1993 and they will make it through the floods of 2008. Some of my family members have lost everything. They are not looking for a hand out. Instead they are helping their neighbors and friends before they loose everything also. And in return they will be helped by their neighbors and friends.