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The Louisiana legislature is a joke...heads need to roll
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:33 am
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:33 am
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You just cant make this shite up
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Politicians talk a good game when it comes to helping the little guy, and yet they seem incapable or unwilling to do anything about Louisiana auto insurance premiums that are 56% higher than the rest of the country.
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The average premium costs motorists more than $2,000 per year. In Baton Rouge, premiums average more than $3,300, and in New Orleans, they average $4,000.
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“We’re in crisis mode. That’s why it’s frustrating the governor did not get involved at all
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The House overwhelmingly voted in favor of Talbot’s tort reform bill. Talbot says he’s confident the Senate also would have overwhelmingly passed his legislation if given a chance. Talbot’s bill died in the Senate Judiciary A committee.
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“Judiciary A was created to kill tort reform bills and it did its job,” said Talbot. “When you go into a 7-person committee on Senate Judiciary A stacked with plaintiff attorneys, that bill ain’t coming out.”
Senate Judiciary A is chaired by state Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, a trial lawyer. If you’re looking to blame someone for your ridiculously high auto insurance bill, you can start with Ward. State Sen. Jay Luneau, D-Alexandria, also a trial lawyer, co-chairs the committee. In fact, four of the five other members — state Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Kenner; Ryan Gatti, R-Bossier City; John Milkovich, D-Shreveport; and Wesley Bishop D-New Orleans — are also lawyers.
Talbot says Luneau, Gatti, Bishop, and Milkovich voted against his bill. Martiny was absent. Talbot says Ward, as chairman, typically only votes in case of a tie.
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That’s what happens when the Senate President, John Alario R-Westwego, is a virtual puppet of the governor.
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It’s no secret a large percentage of Edwards’ campaign funding comes from trial lawyers. As he runs for reelection, he’ll have to explain why he sided with his lawyer donors instead of the people when it comes to doing something — anything — about Louisiana’s high auto-insurance premiums.
There’s a giant billboard on display as you drive into the New Orleans CBD that reads, “Edwards, people over politics.” Not this time governor. Not this time.
You just cant make this shite up
This post was edited on 6/17/19 at 11:34 am
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Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:40 am to tgrbaitn08
I remember when a big NGO names the US an oligarchy. It’s reasons like this
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:40 am to tgrbaitn08
Until you get paid, muhfrickah!
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:43 am to tgrbaitn08
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In Baton Rouge, premiums average more than $3,300, and in New Orleans, they average $4,000.
Yikes. I'm paying just shy of $500.00 for State Farm (Tennessee).
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:44 am to tgrbaitn08
Nothing to see here.
State Farm alone (I know it’s not just autos) PROFITTED 8.8 BILLION last year alone.
No biggie. Moving along.
State Farm alone (I know it’s not just autos) PROFITTED 8.8 BILLION last year alone.
No biggie. Moving along.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:46 am to tgrbaitn08
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Louisiana auto insurance premiums that are 56% higher than the rest of the country.
I have friends in the timber industry, loggers are being required to pay $20,000 a year on their trucks. It's dangerous business but Frick, not many of these Rednecks can afford that.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:48 am to tgrbaitn08
Halle berrrrraaayyy, Haley berr
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:54 am to tgrbaitn08
But we'll still vote for these frickers overall. Come election time if a guy like Martiny is running against a first time candidate....guess what? Martiny wins. Gatti in Shreveport gets to stay.....etc.
Unless we as a group are willing to vote out our own reps en masse.....the problem will continue to persist
Unless we as a group are willing to vote out our own reps en masse.....the problem will continue to persist
Posted on 6/17/19 at 11:56 am to tgrbaitn08
I have two vehicles and live in Metairie. Paying $340 per month. One vehicle is old and the other is new (2 years old) and we have one very small claim in our history.
The rates are fricking absurd. I could insure 8 vehicles in a neighboring state for what we pay for two
The rates are fricking absurd. I could insure 8 vehicles in a neighboring state for what we pay for two
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:00 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Martiny was absent.
AKA didn't want to go on record
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:01 pm to tgrbaitn08
It's the same shite over and over. I use to think that Louisiana politics was known for being corrupt just because of its history and that it wasn't like that anymore (this was when I was younger.. Early 20s.. When you are still stupid and naive), but it's a shite show.
It might be even worse today.. And before anyone throws out party, its not one party over the other. Party doesn't matter nearly as much as special interest does.
All you have to do is see who is donating to who to know where they will vote/support.
It might be even worse today.. And before anyone throws out party, its not one party over the other. Party doesn't matter nearly as much as special interest does.
All you have to do is see who is donating to who to know where they will vote/support.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:02 pm to tgrbaitn08
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In Baton Rouge, premiums average more than $3,300, and in New Orleans, they average $4,000.
In ATL (arguably the most dangerous driving city in the country) it costs me just shy of $1600, and that's with two performance cars.
This post was edited on 6/17/19 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:04 pm to tgrbaitn08
What was the bill?
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:09 pm to tgrbaitn08
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You just cant make this shite up
you act like this is something new. It isn't.
and quite frankly, frick the Advocate. Why didn't this story (op/ed) run while the session was ongoing? These frickers show up after everyone goes home to address these "ills" but they weren't doing shite about it when it could've been addressed. They are as feckless as the politicians.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:17 pm to tgrbaitn08
If we really want to lower insurance premiums, we cannot simply focus on Tort reform
1. Tort Reform
2. impound uninsured vehicles when they are involved in a wreck
3. impound the vehicle of anyone with multiple DUI's
1. Tort Reform
2. impound uninsured vehicles when they are involved in a wreck
3. impound the vehicle of anyone with multiple DUI's
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:26 pm to tgrbaitn08
Well you can count ryan Ghatti s fat arse out for the next election. That pos will be voted out.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:29 pm to tgrbaitn08
They also can’t allocate $2 million for drainage so EBR can get $225 million in matching federal funds.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:38 pm to tgrbaitn08
That tort reform bill wouldn't have done jack shite to lower auto insurance premiums.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:52 pm to tgrbaitn08
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You just cant make this shite up
Yet LABI makes up that lawsuits are the reason for high insurance rates. If that is so, then why are insurance companies lowering rates all of the sudden?
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Louisiana Farm Bureau is the latest auto insurer doing business in Louisiana to announce its intention to cut rates, with Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon saying the company wants a 4.4% rate decrease on its 220,000 automobile policies.
In the past year, two other insurance companies—State Farm and Progressive—have also dropped their rates, sparking what Donelon calls a “downward trend.” “This reduction, along with those previously taken by State Farm and Progressive, further confirms that automobile insurance competition in Louisiana is moving premiums in the right direction,” Donelon says in a prepared statement.
As the sixth-largest auto insurer in the state, Louisiana Farm Bureau’s rate decrease will mean lowered premiums for over 1,500,000 automobile policyholders when combined with the earlier reductions taken by State Farm and Progressive. The reduced rates are projected to take effect August 1, 2019 for new and renewed policies.
Posted on 6/17/19 at 12:58 pm to tgrbaitn08
Email and call you Representatives. I emailed Rick Ward and let him know he is going feel the heat on this issue.
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