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I would look for a new insurer. Seriously I have NJ Manufactures for my house and car and have had numerous claims and never once had any issue at all. We have 4 cars on our car insurance and have a $500.00 ded. We have had 3 accidents none of them our fault and no increase, no scolding nothing. Our house is with them also and again we have actually "used" the insurance 3 times and no problem at all. I do know some insurers can be bad but NJM is wonderful.
NJ Manufacturers is the best and you get an annual rebate!
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been about 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
Ben Franklin
And how long has Ben been dead?
What was avant garde in 1776 is now largely reactionary gibberish, as History shows so clearly, as witness the slavery issue.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been about 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
Ben Franklin
I think we're at the stage I bolded above. Once you become dependent on something you become its slave.
Health care is not a right, it is an earned privilege.
Being healthy is a privilege? Didn't know that...what about recent college grads that can't find jobs? What about those that fought in Iraq and now are unemployed? What about the elderly that were helped build this nation? I think they all "earned" healthcare, yet many are denied on the basis of economics, circumstance, and/or the stupid selection process we have in the insurance industry.
What was avant garde in 1776 is now largely reactionary gibberish, as History shows so clearly, as witness the slavery issue.
Again he wasn't being clever, he was making an observation as a student of history. I would say he was rather visionary. He could very well be talking about us today. I don't see how you come to the conclusion this is reactionsry. It seems quite sensible. If people realize they can vote themselves anything they will.
Being healthy is a privilege? Didn't know that...what about recent college grads that can't find jobs? What about those that fought in Iraq and now are unemployed? What about the elderly that were helped build this nation? I think they all "earned" healthcare, yet many are denied on the basis of economics, circumstance, and/or the stupid selection process we have in the insurance industry.
Exactly the reasons we need Healthcare access for ALL.
Again he wasn't being clever, he was making an observation as a student of history. I would say he was rather visionary. He could very well be talking about us today. I don't see how you come to the comclusion this is reactionsry. It seems quite sensible. If people realize they can vote themselves anything they will.
Ben never saw the end of the Frontier, which changed everything in the US, from an economic standpoint.
Ben never saw the end of the Frontier, which changed everything in the US, from an economic standpoint.
Doesn't change the basic premise behind the quote. When people realize they can vote themselves money, they will and all the problems that flow from that mindset will befall them.
Doesn't change the basic premise behind the quote. When people realize they can vote themselves money, they will and all the problems that flow from that mindset will befall them.
You have read US History from 1890- present?
Doesn't seem so, based upon your posts.
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