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'Inside Washington' Host: Why is it Constitutional to Force People to Buy Car Insurance
Newsbusters ^ | 12/18/10 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 12/18/2010 8:03:56 PM PST by Nachum

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'Inside Washington' Host: Why is it Constitutional to Force People to Buy Car Insurance But Not Health Insurance?
1 posted on 12/18/2010 8:04:02 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Because driving is a choice in itself.


2 posted on 12/18/2010 8:05:58 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

because it is liability insurance for the liability that you assume in driving on public roads.


3 posted on 12/18/2010 8:07:19 PM PST by VRWCmember
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Why is it Constitutional to Force People to Buy Car Insurance

Unfathomable, unplumbed, bottomless, yawning chasm of ignorance. Car insurance is protection of others from your actions--what normal people call "liability". Health "insurance" has NOTHING to do with liability; it is a bunch of people paying into a collective money pool, hoping that not too many of them drain too much money out of it by being sick so their premiums don't go up.

4 posted on 12/18/2010 8:08:49 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Onward to the battle royal!)
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To: Nachum

If I’m some rich Hollywood jerkweed and I own a multi-square mile in ranch in Montana, have a car that I drive only on my ranch and never on a public road, do I need to buy car insurance for it?


5 posted on 12/18/2010 8:09:47 PM PST by Stosh
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They don’t. They only require care owners to have it. Duhhhhhhh


6 posted on 12/18/2010 8:10:37 PM PST by Rippin
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To: Nachum

They don’t. They only require care owners to have it. Duhhhhhhh


7 posted on 12/18/2010 8:10:46 PM PST by Rippin
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Because you are insuring against liability when you buy car insurance. There is no liability if you get sick, your disease cant hurt me, well not if it is communicable. HIV insurance anyone?


8 posted on 12/18/2010 8:11:07 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Nachum

This is a question that a fifth grader would ask. Everyone older than that would already know the answer to this question.


9 posted on 12/18/2010 8:11:45 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all of my FReeper FRiends!)
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To: Nachum

The federal government does not require anyone to buy car insurance. The mandate comes from the states.

The states have broad “police powers” to protect the health, safety, welfare and morals of their citizens. The feds do not enjoy the same powers—absent an issue such as interstate commerce.

I hope I got this right. I’m not a lawyer by a longshot.


10 posted on 12/18/2010 8:11:51 PM PST by freespirited (This tagline dedicated to the memory of John Armor, a/k/a Congressman Billybob.)
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To: cripplecreek

The only way to opt out of Obamacare is via a hearse or election to Congress.


11 posted on 12/18/2010 8:11:51 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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Because driving endangers others, and automobile insurance covers what I might do to them. I’m not required to buy insurance to protect myself.

Health insurance, on the other hand, is for my protection.

The government has no right to tell me that I can’t take risks with my own safety, but it can require that I not risk the safety of others.


12 posted on 12/18/2010 8:11:51 PM PST by Jedidah
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1) The feds dont force you to do so.

2) You dont have a “right” to operate a motor vehicle on public roads.


13 posted on 12/18/2010 8:12:39 PM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: backwoods-engineer

If I buy car insurance, it assures me my car will be intact (or even replaced) if it is destroyed. Health insurance is really a bad name for a method of paying for health care treatment. Otherwise, no matter what happens to my body, I am assured wellness, health, and life. That’s one problem with Obamacare - he thinks doctors should warranty their work, so if you have to go back to the hospital, it will be “free” since the doctor obviously screwed up. It is an art not a science. You can’t trade in your body under “lemon law” legislation, although I guess they’ll try that next....


14 posted on 12/18/2010 8:14:29 PM PST by SERKIT (We need more of Barry's "Wet Diaper" news conferences. He gets smaller and smaller each time.....)
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To: Nachum

PETERSON! If your state mandates it, it is law.

The FED GOV cannot.

Stupid SH1t


15 posted on 12/18/2010 8:14:56 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (WE'RE SCREWED '08)
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To: Stosh

You shouldn’t have to in that situation in my opinion.


16 posted on 12/18/2010 8:16:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

And because it is the STATE that requires you to have insurance.


17 posted on 12/18/2010 8:17:51 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: vbmoneyspender
The only way to opt out of Obamacare is via a hearse or election to Congress.

I don't believe that statement is true. Firstly, the Obama admin has given something in the neighborhood of 200 plus companies and unions the right to opt out. In addition, certain religious groups are exempt, such as the Amish. And in addition to those groups I believe reservation living Indians are also exempt as they're part of an autonomous "nation".

18 posted on 12/18/2010 8:18:41 PM PST by highlander_UW (Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
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To: cripplecreek
Because driving is a choice in itself.

Not in some parts of the country.

19 posted on 12/18/2010 8:19:04 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!)
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To: Nachum

People are not forced to buy car insurance.


20 posted on 12/18/2010 8:19:04 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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