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Privatize the gains, socialize the losses!
by jjoonathan 8y ago
Privatize the gains, socialize the losses!
- refurb 8y agoReinsurance is entirely private, not sure what you mean by "socialize the loss".
- jjoonathan 8y agoThat's what I previously understood to be the case, but the post I replied to suggested something different -- that states were getting in on the reinsurance game. That's what I object to. Theoretically, it would be possible for states to do this responsibly in a manner that benefited everyone, but if I weigh the extent to which our system allows interested parties to pay for legislation against the extent to which the public is likely to make reinsurance rates a ballot issue, I can't help but put the probability of a responsible implementation at about 1-2% and the probability of "privatize the gains and socialize the losses" at 98-99%.