Shay wrote:
> I'm not, because a corporation can't raise my insurance rate to whatever 
> the Hell they want and then throw me in prison for refusing to patronize 
> their business. 

Why would doing this at a state level be any different?

The way I see this whole insurance thing is that the insurance companies 
aren't actually producing anything. If there was the perfect knowledge and 
competition that makes capitalism work best, nobody would need insurance, 
and the entire insurance industry would be zero-sum. Plus, with perfect 
knowledge, healthy people wouldn't buy insurance to start with, eliminating 
the entire concept.

This, like military, police, and fire, seems like a good thing to have 
centralized. Or are you also against having the fire department a 
public/government service?  (I'll leave police and fire out because that's 
somewhat different.)

How about safety standards and other such regulation? Are you of the opinion 
that paying inspectors and regulators to make sure your cars and buildings 
are safe is inappropriate?

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

Post a reply to this message