It took “conservative” Republicans to trot out mandatory and market-based health insurance in the same mouthful. Don’t ever forget to thank them for this. Well, it’s time for the next step: Mandatory gun insurance - also “market based” and “incentivized,” of course. Here it comes, directly from one of the insurance Mafia’s chief consiglieries,...
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I wish more people would stop to think about what making any product mandatory will necessarily do its cost – as well as to the “service” provided. If you can’t say no, there’s little, if any, incentive for the manufacturer/provider to keep costs in line, or please its “customers” – a term that’s sickeningly...
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Insurance – over-insurance, excessive insurance, really – is arguably one of the reasons why so many people are having trouble making ends meet. When you add up homeowner’s insurance, health insurance, car insurance, life insurance – that’s five types of insurance – the total tab can easily be more than $10,000 a year. The...
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Insurance is a con. Worse than Social Security, even – because you pay in and (normally) never get anything back. Consider: You pay say $800 a year to insure your car. Over a ten year period that comes to $8,000. Gone. Out the window. You’ll never see it again. Think about this. Most people...
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A few weeks ago, a deer hit my truck. Might as well have been a government worker in a city-owned vehicle. Reason? Neither have to pay to repair the damage they caused. No doubt you have heard about the doctrine of “sovereign immunity.” It means you can’t sue the government or hold it (or...
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Seasonal riding is a fact of life for many motorcyclists. Come fall – and cold weather – many riders hang up their leathers and park their bikes for the duration. It might be three or even four months before it’s time to throw a leg over again. But we’re required to carry year-round insurance,...
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A reader wrote in response to an article I did recently on the tyranny of mandatory insurance laws. He had been hit while on his motorcycle – and crippled for life – by an oblivious driver who ran a light. He told me he believes that not only should insurance be mandatory but that...
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