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MASSACHUSETTS MAY CHANGE AUTO INSURANCE REGS
SHOULD ANYONE ELSE CARE?
YES, THE DESIRE FOR UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CHANGES EVERYTHING
by Mitch Rofsky, President, Better World Club
The Democrats recently took over the Massachusetts state government. What's the first thing they do? Why, adopt an auto insurance plan generated by the prior Republican administration, of course.
Admirable bi-partisanship? A demonstration that the proper policy is still the proper policy regardless of the party who initiates it?
Desirable answers both. However, that doesn't mean that they are correct.
The Romney plan to establish a more competitive auto insurance market sounds nice, but the Patrick Administration is not only approving questionable auto insurance procedures, it is also creating a precedent that may come back to haunt
anyone interested in universal health insurance.
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This Is the AutoErotic Edition of Kicking Asphalt |
BWC is now publishing KA twice a month. The mid-month issue focuses more on insurance and cars. Check out the exclusive, car-related content of this edition:
- BWC Alternative Fuel Report
- BWC High-Mileage Car Review
- Recall Information
- Lemon Information |
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Washington Watch |
Vermont Court Victory A Blow To Automakers, But This Trip Is Far From Over
States Continue Down the Long Road Toward Setting Their Own CAFE Standards
If We Got the Same Amount of Mileage Out of Our Cars as We've Gotten Out of this Story, We'd Already Be Off of Foreign Oil
Better World Club has been part of this story since 2002. For the sake of brevity, we'll give you a very quick recap: In 2002, Better World supported a California law that required automakers to reduce their cars' emissions by 30% by
2016. Since then, 14 other states have adopted the California standards. BWC was on the Oregon task force which helped develop the regulations controlling auto emissions in that state (AAA did not take a stand on the issue).
Meanwhile, the EPA has refused to rule on whether states are allowed to set their own standards, and the automakers have been suing everybody.
Make sense? No? That's okay. The latest development marks a victory for the states and life on planet Earth as we know it: Vermont U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions found that automakers had failed to prove that they could not
meet the standards, that the standards would endanger drivers, and that Congress had forbidden states from setting their own fuel economy rules.
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More Washington Watch in Kicking Asphalt and Driving Change: |
- The EPA Is Encouraging Farmers To Pollute To Study The Effects Of Animal Feces On The Environment
- The Ice Caps Melt While Emissions Policies Remain Frozen
- Number of Environmental Cops Decreasing |
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