$1 a day keeps some motorists legal

GANNETT STATE BUREAU ^ | 11/11/03 | TOM BALDWIN

[friendly]

Gov. McGreevey went to a New Jersey Turnpike rest area yesterday to frame the announcement that low-income motorists can purchase auto insurance for a dollar a day in the state with the nation's highest premiums.

"There is no longer any excuse for any citizen to refuse to drive without auto insurance," said McGreevey at the Turnpike's Molly Pitcher Rest Stop.

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Money from working people is syphoned by the crooked New Jersey democrat party to its true contituency: lawyers and welfare cheats.

If someone on welfare has a car, they should be working!! Every pizza store I have ever seen always need delivery men.

Why should my money be stolen for welfare thieves new cars and lawyers yachts???

[StatesEnemy]

Ummm... $365/year is mighty good price for auto insurance.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Give a dollar a day to Free Republic... call it Freedom Insurance.

[Mr. Bird]

"All of this," predicted McGreevey, "will have a downward pressure on premiums

How???? If anything, it will have the opposite effect. Any time you subsidize something, the price goes up. The insurance companies will argue that, with lower income people flooding the rolls, overall claims go up. That's why they run credit checks for new policy holders now.

Premiums will go up for the hard working people who pay through the nose for insurance already; and they will pay again via the taxes required to support this preposterous "dollar a day" program. This is an atrocious idea.

[Ispy4u]

Someone educate me please.

I have been under the impression for a long time that those on medicaid have no job, either due to unemployability or unable to work for such reasons as physical disablility.

If I am correct, why then give them welfare car insurance to go to work if they can't work.

[gunnedah]

Is this the same state that allows its citizens to adopt children with state backing and funding, then spend the money on themselves while allowing the children to starve under government supervision?
The Democrats have this all figured out dont they.
I will bet if you checked the voting records those that were being starved somehow even voted in the last election for Democrats.

[friendly]

Try a new $6000+ year insurance subsidy for blatant welfare cheats. And one suspects these are extremely high risk drivers. The actual loss to the the lawyers may be far, far higher.

[friendly]

bump to Give a dollar a day to Free Republic... call it Freedom Insurance.

[friendly]

"All of this," predicted McGreevey, "will have a downward pressure on premiums How???? If anything, it will have the opposite effect. Any time you subsidize something, the price goes up. The insurance companies will argue that, with lower income people flooding the rolls, overall claims go up. That's why they run credit checks for new policy holders now. Premiums will go up for the hard working people who pay through the nose for insurance already; and they will pay again via the taxes required to support this preposterous "dollar a day" program. This is an atrocious idea.

If you think car insurance is expensive now, wait until it is free!

[friendly]

I have been under the impression for a long time that those on medicaid have no job, either due to unemployability or unable to work for such reasons as physical disablility. If I am correct, why then give them welfare car insurance to go to work if they can't work.

Answer: because it is all a fraud!

[Fresh Wind]

What cheapskates the politicians are in NJ. In Pennsylvania, the taxpayers get to buy the car, pay for insurance, and pay for repairs too!

[friendly]

Hey it is only the taxpaying suckers' money!

[AlbertWang]

Well, let us assume that this is liability only- as these people have no assets, they probably have the statutory minimum liability coverage.

Even so $365 is a hot price.

Why not roll license fees, liability, etc into the price at the pump? That way we can tax the IA's, drunks, and cheats when they fill up. No more uninsured motorists.

Then again, drunken, uninsured IA's are better than a new governmental insurance agency.............

[mware]

Lets see, I live in NJ, which has the highest auto insurance in the country. I have one car, never had an accident and have no points against me. I pay 1200 a year for my car insurance.

Nice to see that my taxes are underwritting their auto insurance.

[R. Scott]

"There is no longer any excuse for any citizen to refuse to drive without auto insurance," said McGreevey

Now there is an excuse for a “citizen to refuse to drive without auto insurance?” What is wrong with this sentence?

Drivers show their Medicaid cards to insurance agents, who then write the policies.

Are provisions made for the working poor – who generally don’t have Medicaid – or is this only for the welfare cases? “This has been a burden on many inner-city residents who need transportation to reach jobs in the suburbs and industrial parks.” This would indicate that the people eligible are working and are not welfare cases. Maybe the New Jersey working poor are different than the Hampton Roads’ working poor.

Yankee politics are just a bit confusing to this good ole boy.

[R. Scott]

I pay about $440 a year for full coverage – only $75 a year more than these people will pay for liability.

[LurkedLongEnough]

"This is going to help people find a job," said Greenwald.

It already has....... the politicians have jobs.

[mware]

I pay about $440 a year for full coverage –

What state do you live in???

[DH]

Think about this: Many honest, hard working poor people have too much pride to go on the dole (welfare.) In most cases they simply can't afford auto insurance and pay the most basic of living costs, so they don't.

With this stupid bill, they would FORCED to join the welfare rolls to get insurance and consequently.......guess what.......YOU HAVE A HUGE INCREASE IN WELFARE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS!!!!!!!

It's simply a way for democraps to get votes while destroying the fabric of the American society.

[R. Scott]

I live in Newport News, in the beautiful Hampton Roads area of the Great State of Virginia.
The covered vehicle is a 1983 Camaro Z28 with some modifications – that GEICO knows about. Its classified as a hot road, so the insurance is a bit more expensive than I could have had with a Genuine Imitation car.