I would also disagree with not being forced to drive. Unless you live in a big city, chances are you do not have access to public transportation. Our culture has made driving a necessity. We no longer live in the same neighborhood where we work and the big box stores have driven neighborhood grocery, hardware, and other stores out of business so we have to drive to get what we need. I think where the healthcare bill went int he right direction...if you can't afford to pay for the mandatory health insurance, the government will subsidze it. If i am unemployed for a long period of time...I can't afford to buy car insurance. I am already at 20% of my normal wages with unemployment and they expect me to pay 100% of my car insurance? I think that is dumb. Just because i am broke doesn't mean I don't need to drive. I need to be able to get food (whether that is by going to the store or getting to a local food pantry)...i still need to go to the doctor. I need to be able to go on interviews. If the government is going to mandate...they also need to take into account people that cannot afford it whether is it because of income level or because they are unemployed. To add insult to injury, do you realize that most (not all) car insurance companies base your rate more on your credit score than on your actual driving record? Apparently there was a study somewhere that said that people with bad credit are also bad drivers. So if you have bad credit you are going to pay a higher insurance rate even if you have a spotless driving record. There are some that don't. The company I work for doesn't.
Eric On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > What states do not require auto insurance? The federal government back > int he 90's forced that on everyone just like they did with the 55 MPH > speed limit by threatening to take away highway funds if they didn't > comply... > > Eric > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I choose not to get sick but that's a different thread. >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> >> wrote: >> > >> >> You don't pay a fine if you don't drive. Also, many states >> >> do not require auto insurance. >> > >> > You can choose not to drive. You can't choose not to get sick. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
