Vanasi@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNew York Governor wants to lower car insurance premiums by reducing the money crash victims receive in payouts when drivers cause harmwww.capitolconfidential.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down13
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkNew York Governor wants to lower car insurance premiums by reducing the money crash victims receive in payouts when drivers cause harmwww.capitolconfidential.comVanasi@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarejjjalljslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoCars should be expensive to capture more of their true costs. But if you really wanted to bring the cost down, probably removing the profit motive would go farther. Nationalize it.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago probably removing the profit motive would go farther. Nationalize it. In Canada, BC and Quebec have public insurance plans, they pay 35-45% less than the “free market” in other provinces.
Cars should be expensive to capture more of their true costs.
But if you really wanted to bring the cost down, probably removing the profit motive would go farther. Nationalize it.
In Canada, BC and Quebec have public insurance plans, they pay 35-45% less than the “free market” in other provinces.