NaturalBeam

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He says that SB 111 isn’t a tort reform bill at all but rather an anti-consumer bill. The business community and lots of others, particularly among GOP legislators, really don’t agree with that. And the fact that the trial lawyers sent their lobbyist out to fight the bill would indicate that they certainly thought it was a tort reform bill.

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Oh so now we want to look at the motivations of the different interest groups?

So the fact that the business and insurance lobbies sent their minions out in favor of this "pro-consumer" bill...what does that indicate how they really viewed the bill?? :lol:

I am a lawyer and do low- or no-conflict divorces on the side, so it's very possible you don't need your own lawyer.

If you and your wife agree on assets and agree on the kids, there is no reason you need to spend $5-10k or anything close to that.

Typically, a spouse calls me and tells me what they've worked out. I call the other spouse to verify. Then I draw up paperwork for them and get them to both sign everything. While I only represent the spouse who called me, I'm very upfront with the other spouse. As long as you are reasonably intelligent and can read and understand what you're signing, there's not much to it. Most of the time, no one even has to go to court a single time.

**This is really only for an average family (kids, house, cars, retirement/bank accounts, etc.). If you own a business or a bunch of properties, then you probably do want your own lawyer.

But if the above describes your situation, you don't need to waste a bunch of money on a lawyer for your own or one who will stir a bunch of shite up. But they will gladly take your money if you let them.

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The current tort reform bills (fault limits, no pay/no play, etc.) are good, but they’re not addressing the medical billing scam, which is a huge part of the problem. Injury lawyers send clients to certain doctors who skip insurance and bill at inflated rates through liens, then use those fake prices in court to boost settlements. It’s legal, but it’s driving up everyone’s insurance premiums — and nobody's fixing it.

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While this is true, the same is true for nearly ALL doctors and hospitals.

As soon as they find out a patient was hurt in a wreck, they won’t take insurance. This isn’t just the docs in bed with plaintiff’s lawyers. This is the vast majority of all medical providers. It doesn’t matter if you have a lawyer, don’t have a lawyer, or plan on never getting a lawyer - most doctors and hospitals will not bill your insurance, they’ll just send you a bill (or send your lawyer a lien) for the full amount.

If you want to do away with the doctors and lawyers who work together to inflate bills, you’d have to also require all medical providers to accept medical insurance regardless of whether someone was in an accident.

I think you mean he played Ole Miss :dunno:

Playing right into her hands. She wants this, I assure you.

Everyone should start ignoring her.

It's such a fundamental distinction in worldviews.

One group sees the government as an outside, overarching entity from whom we have to seek permission to live.

One group sees the government as all of us, an agreement we made with ourselves as a societal backstop, and an entity that we have to give permission to for its existence.

There is no compromise between these 2 views, no more than oil can agree to mix with water.

Government *should* be nothing more than a well-functioning HOA. Neighbors generally do as they please, but pay into a system for the general upkeep of the neighborhood and to make sure no one puts a double-wide on their front lawn.

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For me it was rotten food in the freezer after Hurricane Gustav in 2008. The power was out for like 2 weeks, and they weren’t letting people back into the parish for like a week after the storm.

The freezer at the house had rotten liquid food oozing out of it. It was awful. Burying all that crap in the yard and cleaning the freezer was horrific.

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I was coming to post this same answer. I opened the fridge and then threw up on the kitchen floor.

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Aren't hirono and booker epically stupid?

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I'm quite sure that Booker's dog has a higher IQ than Hirono.

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Lot of the people buying tickets make $38k a year and are struggling to buy regular groceries, but these guys have dinner for $38k. If fans are dumb enough to keep fueling these paychecks...

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Eh, no one is forcing fans to go to the game, when they can watch it on tv much more comfortably and cheaply.

Prices to go to the game, with tickets, parking, food/drink, etc. have gotten so exorbitant that it doesn’t make sense.

Sucks but it’s pretty hard for me to feel sorry for people struggling to put groceries on the table if they are also going to NFL games.

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There is absolutely no reason to play the game. “Good” wins count for nothing. Losses are all that matter and having as few of them as possible.