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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: I'll have a PBJ please.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.193954.22853@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <1ji9sdINNbc6@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <s6VqXB2w165w@major.panix.com> <1993Jan23.061209.26866@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:39:54 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.061209.26866@leland.Stanford.EDU> tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
- >In article <s6VqXB2w165w@major.panix.com> dos@major.panix.com (Dave O'Shea) writes:
- >>Having worked for an insurance company, I can tell you in no uncertain
- >>terms that private car insurance is not profitable at all; most
- >>companies sell it only because it is required if they wish to sell
- >>other, more profitable lines, within the same state.
- >
- >question: when you say "not profitable at all, does that include
- >the money they make by investing the premiums collected?
- >
- now now...let's not discuss those other issues...he just means 'not profitable'
- in the sense that the company will pay no federal tax since it goes 'broke'
- year after year after year after year...gee...maybe the government should
- shut them down before they 'lose' too much money???
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