chem1st Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Precisely. Car insurance does not raise revenue for the government, and so is not a tax. It doesn't have to raise revenue for the government, just be imposed by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'm not on about revenue, I'm on about tax, you concur finally. Car insurance is a tax. The government insists that you have to have insurance, it doesn't set the amount that you have to pay to attain that insurance, that is a commercial decision by the insurance companies to which you pay. If for the sake of argument a company offered free car insurance would you still consider it a tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 The government insists that you have to have insurance, it doesn't set the amount that you have to pay to attain that insurance, that is a commercial decision by the insurance companies to which you pay. If for the sake of argument a company offered free car insurance would you still consider it a tax? No, because the government would not be imposing a compulsory financial contribution. a compulsory financial contribution imposed by a government to raise revenue, levied on the income or property of persons or organizations, on the production costs or sales prices of goods and services, etc. For anyone being forced to pay, it is a tax. If anybody got car insurance at a negative price it would be a benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 No, because the government would not be imposing a compulsory financial contribution. For anyone being forced to pay, it is a tax. If anybody got car insurance at a negative price it would be a benefit. It's not the government that's insisting that you make any financial contribution at all, all they're insisting is that you have insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 It doesn't have to raise revenue for the government You didn't even bother to read the definition were posting? Why post it, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 You didn't even bother to read the definition were posting? Why post it, then? What definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 It's not the government that's insisting that you make any financial contribution at all, all they're insisting is that you have insurance. Where can I get free car insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Where can I get free car insurance? From time to time you can get a years insurance for free when you buy a brand new car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 What definition. Your definition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I've always wondered why its cheaper to put down a woman as a named driver, even if she doesn't ever use the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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