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Originally Posted by tater
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/f...-1225879181591
Family cannot afford to pay for rescue.
This, IMNSHO is BS. They should have to pay, even if it destroys them. Sell the house, whatever (they live in CA, they can sell even a cheap house and raise 300k, then move to Iowa or someplace cheap).
I'm actually fine with letting the kids do this, but the parents need to face enough financial problems in case of rescue that they at least take out some sort of insurance for this contingency or face financial ruin.
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Yeah. Somehow they were able to afford to outfit a ship so their son could sail around the world last year -another one for their daughter this year, and now they're planning on sending her out again in the near future.
3 ships fitting out with supplies, planning, and support teams, for their children to sail around the world, but when it comes time to pay the bill for rescuing one of their children they play the "we're poor" card and expect the Australian government to foot the bill. What a crock.
I wish I was that kind of "poor"