Lawmakers Question Hochul's Insurance Claims In Leadup To Budget Rebuttal - Streetsblog Empire State
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The governor's Uber-backed insurance plan is leaving state lawmakers unsure of its effect on crash victims and high auto premiums.

There are different ways to reduce insurance premiums.

1. Ban expensive cars. Ban SUVs. They are very expensive to repair. Encourage people to drive golf carts. They are not expensive to repair.

2. Crack down hard on bad drivers. Ruthless enforcement of laws.

3. Reduce compensation to victims

4. Creating a mandatory public option. A government owned insurance company. That means endless lawsuits. If you want to undermine insurance companies, shouldn’t you do start with healthcare? Or dental plans? Why car insurance?

5. Subsidize insurance for poor people. California does that.. But this makes little sense. Should taxpayers really be subsidizing car ownership?

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Dont even need to ban SUVs, just repeal the CAFE loophole for “non-passenger work vehicles.” Then the car companies will stop shoving them on everyone since they aren’t the most profit per unit anymore.