tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973446041934538185.post1356831702340408286..comments2009-01-10T20:45:13.829-08:00Comments on The First Amendment: No Insurance? No Problem.Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477520609609121090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973446041934538185.post-13335314439518807902008-11-18T07:12:00.000-08:002008-11-18T07:12:00.000-08:00Greg, I don't think there was a break down in the ...Greg, I don't think there was a break down in the laws but perhaps a breakdown in the enforcement of the laws.<BR/><BR/>The state of Indiana requires a motorist to have insurance. If you are caught without insurance your license is suspended for 90 days. If it happens twice in a year's time, the suspension goes to a year. Driving with no license or a suspended license also carries penalties. The laws are in place.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that people will always try to break or bend the rules. That problem has been around for quite a long time. <BR/><BR/>Another problem is the selective enforcement of rules and laws. Again, this problem is not a new thing.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Ron that this situation is not a right vs. left, blue vs. red deal. It's a matter of people dodging responsibility and that happens amongst every category of political persuasion you can name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973446041934538185.post-54168954334134976672008-11-14T05:43:00.000-08:002008-11-14T05:43:00.000-08:00Thanks for respoding Ron. Let me see if I can cla...Thanks for respoding Ron. Let me see if I can clarify where I was coming from for you.<BR/><BR/>First off, I draw a big distinction between "government intrusion" and financial accountability...and I don't mean the latter in the sense of budgets and deficits. Government intrusion in terms of spending? I hate it! And I definitely want less government when it comes to telling me what radio I can listen to! <BR/><BR/>But government intrusion in terms of safety and rules for financial obligation? This society would run amok without it.<BR/><BR/>If you consider having to have liability insurance to operate a car "government intrusion", what about speed limits? Is the government intruding when they tell me I can't drive my 'Vette 145 mph on Newburgh Road? How about when they tell me I can't set fire to my neighbor's house, or just take $1500 worth of tools out of his garage? Is that government intrusion? As I view it, these uninsured motorists have stolen over $6000 from me--that's how much more I've paid for my car insurance in the last three years than I was paying when the first hit occurred. And that doesn't include getting cancelled by my carrier of over 20 years (State Farm).<BR/><BR/>I very much consider it a leftward philosophy that people "deserve" the right of driving a car without having to be financially accountable for any damage they may cause. Just like I think it's left-leaning that we should allow illegal aliens to have a license to operate a vehicle. And just like I think it's left-leaning to allow them to be here at all without paying taxes or being on the grid.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your argument about the budget deficits; but I don't remember going there in my initial post. For the record, I hold ALL elected officials--right, left or middle--accountable for the spending mess we've created.<BR/><BR/>As for church baseball: every player on that t-ball team SHOULD get a trophy!; if they win... ;-PHoovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477520609609121090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973446041934538185.post-86491455989523559182008-11-13T17:57:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:57:00.000-08:00Yeah, I got totaled by an uninsured driver last ye...Yeah, I got totaled by an uninsured driver last year myself, so I know what you're talking about. But how does all this constitute a "leftward drift”? I remember when it was required in Indiana for cars to undergo an annual inspection, performed by local service stations, but mandated by the State. How does the elimination of this government intrusion into our lives qualify as “leftward’? <BR/> I agree that there’s been a tremendous move away from accountability in our society, but I don’t see it in left-right, blue-red, Dem-Rep terms. Indeed, what’s been more damaging to the ideal of discipline than the growth of the federal government, not at the expense of current taxpayers, but at the expense of future taxpayers? We’ve been living on credit cards ever since 1981. Reagan/Bush inherited a trillion dollar debt that represented 32% of our Gross Domestic Product (a quarter of it left over from WWII, 10% of it traceable to The Great Society, and 2/3 of it accumulated under Nixon and Carter), and more than quadrupled it in 12 years – increasing our debt to 66% of our GDP. Clinton – with assists from Newt Gingrich and Bill Gates – “only” increased the debt by a trillion dollars, but reduced it as a percentage of our growing economy. In the past 8 years, we’ve almost doubled the debt again, from $5.6 trillion to $10 trillion; and we’re back to owing 65% of everything we make in a year. I don’t see how the “left” is responsible for the fact that, as a nation, we’ve essentially gone from being a $30,000 household with $10,000 in credit card debt, to being a $130,000 household with $100,000 of credit card debt. I think those fiscal policies are at least as much a part of the problem as the church baseball league giving out trophies to every player on the t-ball team.Ron Newlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01480848390261124962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973446041934538185.post-37469633525101474012008-11-11T19:22:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:22:00.000-08:00All things considered it's a miracle I did not spe...All things considered it's a miracle I did not spend the five minutes prior to police arrival ranting and screaming obscenities at this gangsta hoodlum who crashed into my precious little princess. At least THESE cops had some sense...Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130882247744737547noreply@blogger.com