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Pay-at-the-Pump Car Insurance?

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From: John Elder
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 21:52
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Phil, you posted the following:

 >>Currently I pay $420/year for liability and uninsured motorist insurance.
My
 >>Honda gets about 30 MPG & 5K/yr. My Subaru gets about 20 MPG & about
10K/yr.
 >>My annual gas consumption is roughly 666 gallons. At $.40/gal that has
me
 >>paying a mere $266.40/yr, a savings of $153.60.

 > You are assuming the government won't play "bait and switch" with
 > you. They'll sell you a service with made up numbers and raise
 > the prices after it's a law and you can't do anything about it.
 > Just look at Clinton and middle class taxes.

I am assuming no such thing. My original post merely pointed out that the
gov't figures looked like a minor savings for my family. You obviously
neglected to read my final sentence:

"I do not, however, trust the government to make something like this work
right."

Yes, "bait & switch" would screw this up. So would any number of other
failings (what would accident victims do when the budget is sequestered?).

Peace,

John

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