In article , John Flanagan wrote:
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 05:02:37 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


clare wrote: (clip). The agent had a LOT
of discretion back then, and VERY little today.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think that claims adjusters are so impressed when they realize they are
dealing with somebody honest, that they do use discression to be MORE than
fair. I recently had to get my broken sewer line replaced. I planned to
[....]insured with them for years, and rarely filed a claim, so he treated me
right.

Another time I had stolen tools replaced with new, and no reduction for
depreciation. They could see that I was passing up opportunities to inflate
the loss. Honest is a good gimmick. :-)


Yup, I've had quite a few roommates from various third world countries
and I tell them the one thing that makes a third world country a third
world country is *corruption* on an accross the board level. The US
has corruption but it is at a level low enough to not be a significant
trouble to the economy. But still just think about it, what would the
US be like if there were *no* corruption at all??? Talk about an
absolute power house. I hates corruption. John

another way of stating it, 'in America, there's enough graft to
go around...' this was my own personal "grown up" enlightenment
obtained about 1969-75. the reason you lose a hand in Turkey
for stealing is that the thugs need to keep the peons in line
or there will _not_ be enough graft for them. --LOren


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