Posted on 09/11/2013 5:22:00 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Folks,
In honor of the 'Total Recall' victory in Colorado last night, I want to ask for your help in participating in the "Trillion Dollar Boycott" of Gun Grabber States, that will cost you nothing.
One of the largest expenses each of us pay, are insurance payments (Home, auto, life, etc). For me, it's over $5,000 per year - that's $50,000 over 10 years.
When I found out my hard earned dollars I was paying for insurance were going to a Yankee Gun Grabber state, I decided to change my insurance provider and now support a company located in a '2A' friendly state.
That's $50K over 10 years that won't be going to a gun grabber state now.
If I can get 20,000 '2A' defenders to join me, we can easily shift 1 TRILLION DOLLARS of revenue to '2A' gun friendly states.
The states to target include: MA, CT, NY, MD, (feel free to add more)
Here are links to the TOP businesses in each of the gun grabber states - if you see an insurance provider there or other business to boycott, please consider changing the way you spend your dollars:
After switching a service or provider, post the 10 year year TOTAL of dollars that will not be going to a 'gun grabber state' and we'll keep a running total.
If I can get 20,000 '2A' defenders to join me, we can easily shift 1 TRILLION DOLLARS of revenue to '2A' gun friendly states.
Wouldn't that come out to merely 1 BILLION DOLLARS over ten years?
that is an excellent idea.
It’s also where I make my home! :-) Go, Walker!
Absolutely no where near the market saturation of EMC.
Dang - no wonder my check book won’t balance. (I hardly got any sleep last night - stayed up to watch the Colorado results). I’ll change the title. Thanks !
That's scary if true. I changed from a company that was headquartered in Boston to one in Minnesota - though a lot of agents work out of Tennessee.
Excellent idea, can you start compiling one? Then it can be followed, in conjunction with this one, which is focused on removing revenue from states whose people want to ban guns.
30.4% EMC vs. 14.9% NetApp according to this:
http://www.eweek.com/small-business/emc-netapp-ibm-top-vendors-in-external-disk-storage-idc/
You said you "...have yet to see a company using SAN storage other than EMC."
Awesome idea. I will share on Facebook, both personal and business page.
I’m with Mutual of Omaha. Dumb luck I guess. This is a very good idea. Hope it has legs.
Who or what company provides USAA Car Insurance?
Per their website, they underwrite their own policies.
https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/newsroom_factsheets_pnc
USAA means United Services Automobile Association
I had heard that Progressive underwrote USAA Auto Policies, looks like I WAS WRONG!
FR is located in libtard-controlled California.
You need to stop posting on here and resign your membership.
Check where DU is located.
If it’s in a red state, you should become a member and donate.
Makes as much sense as what you’re proposing with regard to insurance companies.
We're not talking about not spending $5 for a box of detergent, we're talking serious money here ..
Again, welcome ...
This would be more valuable with alternatives suggested.
No problem, your overall point is still valid and it is a great idea!
The best arrays originated from LSI before they were bought out by NetApp, IMO.
I maintain many different brands of SAN's and although EMC has a great line of products, other offerings from IBM, HP, Dot Hill, NetApp and others are in the same league as EMC and in several cases a better price point. I just sent out an LSI based IBM array to Honeywell this past week, and I deal with other LSI based SAN's at such companies as Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.
Just wanted to point out that there are more offerings available in the SAN and NAS market than just EMC, and corporations small to large have been happy with these alternatives for well over a decade.
Its absolutely true. I have almost 40 years experience working for the insurance industry. I’ve worked for Life, Health, Dental, Property and Casualty companies. I have experience with Marine, Flood, Fire, High Exposure and all kinds of specialty insurance. The industry is very closely inter-related. When Katrina hit, virtually the entire P&C industry ponied up the money; no one company paid any large claims alone, all chipped in. I know of one name brand insurance company that is licensed in only 46 states. Another name brand insurance company, supposedly a competitor, handles the insurance in the other four states under their competitor’s name. This isn’t improper or uncommon at all. Its how the business works.
An insurance boycott will almost certainly fail. Through re-insurance operations, most companies can have all the business they can handle.
I was going to suggest "Travelers" since they are head quartered in Minneapolis, but here's what I got from their web site:
Our Saint Paul, Minn. location is home to more than 2,000 Travelers employees ... Our Insurance Operations Headquarters is located in Hartford, Conn. The campus houses more than 6,000 employees
The Hartford location was a deal breaker for me (I was going to close on the deal today) but instead took Blueflag's advice and went with USAA. Their online tool was pretty easy and I got better rate as well (Thanks Blueflag !!!)
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