Entries from September 2009 ↓

When you get a standard insurance policy for a vehicle in your state you actually get a whole package of different insurance coverage types. And there’s usually a certain degree of flexibility when it comes to modifying the list of coverages and the amounts each type has.

Yet, each and every state has its own laws in what concerns the least amount and selection of coverage a driver is required to carry. In some states you will have to provide proof of insurance coverage even when buying or registering your car. So to make a long answer short, you will have to buy insurance coverage no matter how cheap your ride turns out.

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Ambition is a wonderful thing when it pays off. How many times have we watched a slugger walk up to the plate, look the pitcher in the eye, and lift an arm to point where the ball is going to land somewhere in the next state, only to strike out? Well, the new President has just stepped up to the plate. We have the TARP bailout plan carried over from the last Administration. The new Stimulus Package has been passed. Now comes the budget. Anyone doing the math will find the number of zeros adding on to the deficit reaching epidemic proportions. It seems the country is proposing to plunge even deeper into debt when it’s already in a recession, fighting two wars – one in Iraq and the other in Afghanistan – and facing a meltdown in the banking and car industries. Unemployment is at historic highs and, if the trend continues, the amount of tax collected will fall. Yet, the President is proposing major reform of the health care service. Is he biting off more than he can chew?

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