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Sun Dec-20-09 06:39 PM
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What's the difference between paying corporate insurance premiums and paying Mafia protection $$ ? |
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QUESTION: What's the difference between paying corporate insurance premiums and paying Mafia protection $$ ?
ANSWER: If you pay the mafia protection money, they don't hurt you and do what they say. If you pay health care insurance premiums, they STILL hurt you and rarely do what they promise.
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:41 PM
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:42 PM
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2. True. The mafia has a higher code of conduct and ethics then private insurance |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:43 PM
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:44 PM
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If you pay insurance premiums, some of it ends up in the hands of elected officials, but
If you pay mafia protection money...
Never mind.
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:48 PM
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7. Wait, you might want to continue this line of analysis, er, "profitably". nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:44 PM
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5. I have said that same thing before. |
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Edited on Sun Dec-20-09 06:45 PM by truedelphi
At least when you deal with the Mafia, they will keep their word on what the deal is.
They know if they don't keep their word, the community will go for a new Godfather and that their power structure will be turned upside down.
Now in the USA, under the reign of the Politico/Corporate Industrialists, most people do not have any hope or any help, but they still have the expense!
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:48 PM
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6. One protects you against accidents. The other protects you against "accidents". |
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Edited on Sun Dec-20-09 06:52 PM by Gregorian
:)
Edit- Seriously though. I do like the line of thought behind your post.
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:51 PM
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10. But, not sure which is which since "accident" is defined by the policy fine print and by law.... |
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Perhaps "qualified accident" would do, but only for the legally or tax-trained person who knows that the addition of the word "qualified" in front of anything means that a gauntlet of restrictions have to be met to meet the definition of the general term, in this case being "accident."
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:54 PM
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11. ..as opposed to an "on purpose" |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:55 PM
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13. Nothing is MORE intentional than the lawyered fine print of insurance contracts. nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:59 PM
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:50 PM
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8. I thought the Mafia ran the health insurance companies. nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:51 PM
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9. At least the Mafia pats you on the back and thanks you.... |
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Edited on Sun Dec-20-09 06:51 PM by TheCowsCameHome
...before they kneecap you.
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Mon Dec-21-09 12:47 AM
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33. But Ins. cos. like Allsnake say "you're in good hands, with Allsnake" then cut coverage at knees. nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:55 PM
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12. Insurance is legalized extortion, the mafia isn't. |
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Edited on Sun Dec-20-09 06:56 PM by roamer65
That is the only difference.
It is basically the same difference for banking and loan sharking.
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:57 PM
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14. And legality only involves control of apparatus of government. Biggest mafias therefore "legal." nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:59 PM
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15. Mafia probably won't kill you before you can pay up. n/t |
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Sun Dec-20-09 06:59 PM
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17. but if you don't pay the mafia- |
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you're more likely to end up in a hospital room than if you don't pay the insurance company.
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:02 PM
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18. Yeah, because not paying the insurance company = NO HOSPITAL. |
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:04 PM
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19. ALTHOUGH.... another diff: you usually know where you stand with mafia, but usually guessing w/ ins |
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:06 PM
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20. Another link from me today on why health "insurance" is a Fraud with a capital F |
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:07 PM
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21. The Mafia want you to remain alive. |
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The other guys, not so much.
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:13 PM
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22. OUCH. It stings, (and pleases) but u took this to next level...!! Recall Dead Peasant Insurance? |
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Dead Peasant Insurance was something totally new yet thoroughly documented in Michael Moore's latest film: "Capitalism: A Love Story."
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:15 PM
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Sun Dec-20-09 07:25 PM
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24. That is why this bill is so wrong...... |
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:28 PM
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25. Why don't you play with the Mafia and see? |
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:57 PM
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30. I dunno, mafia vs Criminal "justice" system & IRS apparatus, which one is worse? |
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At least one has recourse potentially via a witness protection program or victim protection program with the mafia, but when the mafia type insurance racket becomes govt-compelled and Law itself, from that kind of oppression there's no legitimate escape (from the standpoint of the system/status quo).
Assuming the prosecutorial power of the government is invoked (one might be too small a fish to matter to them...) the government/insurance/law complex is, now that I think, about it, more fearsome overall. This is not to say the mafia is inconsequential, it's just a relative comparison between, say, a nationwide manhunt by the police/feds vs a nationwide manhunt by the mafia. If I had to choose, though neither is good, I'd rather take my chances with the mafia, thank you very much. (Ugh. Please don't reply as though I don't appreciate the downside of the mafia...) Keep in mind the present context here is criminalizing and IRS-penalizing those who don't purchase corporate "health" insurance.
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:33 PM
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26. The Mafia, like the insurance companies, have politicians on the payroll. K&R |
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:37 PM
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27. We don't get to vote for the Mafia. nt. |
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:52 PM
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29. On the other hand, WHO ever voted for the kind of govt-mafia we've got? Certainly not majorities nt |
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Sun Dec-20-09 08:39 PM
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28. Mafie dudes tend to be more attractive than corporate CEOs |
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Mon Dec-21-09 06:18 AM
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Mon Dec-21-09 08:12 AM
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Sun Dec-20-09 10:06 PM
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31. The Mafia's protection is actually worth something. |
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Sun Dec-20-09 11:01 PM
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32. You may be more informed on that point than I? :) |
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Mon Dec-21-09 08:20 AM
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36. At least the mob will kill you fairly quickly and painlessly. |
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Insurance companies, not so much.
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Mon Dec-21-09 10:50 AM
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Mon Dec-21-09 12:06 PM
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38. Hell, they may even bury you for free |
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Mon Dec-21-09 01:21 PM
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40. this thread reminds me of what my FIL told me |
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about the old days in Vegas. He remembered going in a casino (back in the fifties) and the owner was walking along side of him and the owner asked him how he was doing and did he need anything? The owner told him you tell me if they don't treat you right. My FIL was just a laborer and had gone in with other friends. Also, he told me that if someone lost their shirt in Vegas, that the casino would put you up for a night and give you a ticket home.
He thinks that Vegas ran better under the mob and treated working folks better than they do now.
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Mon Dec-21-09 04:56 PM
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41. Interesting anecdote here. nt |
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Mon Dec-21-09 05:12 PM
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42. The only way out of a protection racket is if everyone refuses to pay it. |
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Or at least a large majority refuse.
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Mon Dec-21-09 05:33 PM
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43. One is defended by the president and the other one isn't |
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Mon Dec-21-09 05:41 PM
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44. the mafia comes after you when you're healthy |
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OMG why bother? The hyperbole!
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