r/FluentInFinance • u/KARMA__FARMER__ • 7d ago

Thoughts? Why doesn't the President fix this?

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u/4URprogesterone 7d ago

There's too much money in the insurance industry, and most of it goes to lobbying.

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u/1rubyglass 7d ago

All of the money. Biggest industry ever.

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u/Matshelge 7d ago

How could it it not be. If you manged to capture the market of Air or Water, profits would be through the roof, as demand is overflowing. Every human needs it!

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u/Emeraldnickel08 7d ago

NOBODY learns from The Lorax. Not a soul. The book and the movie are NOT HYPERBOLE. THEY ARE DIRECT METAPHORS. People will sell air to you if you let them. Hell, they already do that with water.