tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post4277195024729342338..comments2023-07-26T04:57:49.656-07:00Comments on A Hal of a Blog (By Hal Lillywhite): Mob Rule, Part 2Hal Lillywhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-36718861237261767742009-07-15T19:42:51.626-07:002009-07-15T19:42:51.626-07:00Well, the insurance agent who made the offer to yo...Well, the insurance agent who made the offer to you may have been under the influence of a mob-like mind-set, deindivuated and with diffused responsibility. However it is not possible to determine that by limited second-hand information so I'll leave it at that.<br /><br />I'm sure you learned not to trust anything not written down in such cases.Hal Lillywhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532281493474571590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1675444709777940325.post-35433887607191392752009-07-15T02:15:31.914-07:002009-07-15T02:15:31.914-07:00Good points. But one thing you didn't cover i...Good points. But one thing you didn't cover in your insurance example is that most of us pay a large amount of money every month to insurance companies and not to neighbors or strangers. While I don't remember ever defrauding an insurance company like you suggest, I have personally been cheated by one to the tune of about $3000 dollars. While renting my house my brother accidentally caused a fire in the garage while welding. The insurance inspector claimed it was caused by willful negligence on my brothers part but the fire marshall said it was definitely caused by an accidental spark. The insurance agent offered me about half of the replacement cost to settle and verbally guaranteed me that they wouldn't go after my brother for damages. Needing the money to repair the damage to the dwelling I cashed the check. They immediately filed charges against my brother and I had to hire a lawyer and had to settle for about 1/3 of what I should have got.<br />Many examples of government waste can be quoted such as the bridge to nowhere, the big dig in Boston, building a rain forest in Ohio, etc. The fact remains that as long as we are forced to send large amounts of money to the Federal government we must beg to get back a portion of it. The answer is smaller Federal government and more local control of our finances and options. We will still have those that insist we fund sports stadiums and art galleries they will be held a little more accountable to the paying public.Bobkatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388159713103123175noreply@blogger.com