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Comment Re:Insurance is Legalized Gambling (Score 1) 238

I've been screwed over when I had State Farm and when I had Geico.

They generally will take care of the auto itself, but for anything medical, best to have an atty.

That way you can get your bills covered and some settlement too.

Never again will I be the nice guy that wants to be easy to work with, they don't expect that and will run roughshod over you, sorry to say, but that's the truth these days.

Comment Re:Most plans wont cover that much. (Score 1) 238

In the UK, third party costs are unlimited - you might not get your car repaired but the person you hit will see their life altering injury costs covered for as long as they need them.

Yeah, but what does that do for me getting a car back, something required for me to live and work in the US?

Getting my car back or replaced is the main thing I"m concerned with after a wreck (assuming that "I" am not injured).

Comment Re:Insurance is Legalized Gambling (Score 1) 238

I learned this awhile back.

The FIRST thing you do when in an auto accident, is get your lawyer involved from the get go.

If you don't have one, find a good one. You generally will get screwed if you try to handle insurance by yourself.

And really man, this is NOT a Republican thing by any stretch of the imagination. Insurance for the most part is now required in most all states and in lieu of it in some states, you must show that you have a bond or some sort of money saved to act as insurance.

Comment Re:Hang on WTF? (Score 1) 191

That someone provided him with all the equipment and capabilities to do the research why the hell should he be awarded the patent?

And herein lies the great virtue and vice of capitalism: the assignment of profits to the owner of capital, rather than the one who made the capital useful.

It doesn't have anything to do with fairness - it's just the way capitalism is set up. There are many good and bad things with this setup; most of the good came about during the time of physical wealth; most of the bad is showing up with the "intangible" wealth.

Let's say you own the lab in which the guy who invented LEDs (original, not just blue). Should (economically? morally? how do you avoid rent-seeking?) the guy who invented LEDs get income from every single LED ever produced, or every device inspired by the LED? Should the lab? How do you fairly allocate possibly infinite income to any individual or corporation? When does an inventor's or capital-owner's interest (and share) get exhausted? Should this interest be exhausted in the first place?

It's sadly not as simple as "without patents there would be no incentive to invent" or "all patents should be abolished."

Comment Re:Baby Translator (Score 0) 122

Hey, I think it would be GREAT to now be able to live in the USA, and not speak spanish. Especially when traveling through TX and AZ. More and more it seems that English is becoming the 2nd language there and in other parts of the US.

Goodness, struck a nerve there, but tell me down-modders, what exactly did I say here that isn't really true.

Comment By What authority? (Score 1) 417

Ok...while I actually applause most of what this wants to promote, I don't see how the Feds can possibly do this INTER-state nullification of the laws.

I can see how they might could try with INTER-state laws, but these are municipal and intRA-state laws they're talking about nullifying. If they can do this, what state laws can the feds NOT just nullify at will?

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