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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:44 PM Original message |
It should be illegal for companies to have life insurance policies on their employees. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because such policies are an incentive to murder the employees? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's a reason not to care particularly about the quality of their health insurance |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I think it's mostly when, for example, the Mets insure the life of a player... |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's not just sports teams. Companies like Wal-Mart take out insurance policies on their |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Dead Peasant's policies they're called............. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Walmart takes out policies on cashiers? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Not sure about cashiers, but I know they took out life insurance policies |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's called "key man" insurance, sexist as that term is. That seems like a lot of key men. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 04:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. It's called key man insurance when you take it out on a CEO that it will cost millions to replace. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Google Dead Peasant Policy |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. If you were an insurer, would you sell a policy to such a company? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Because they're exploiting tax loopholes to avoid paying taxes. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. It should be illegal unless they have your permission |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I fully agree. I'm not sure how someone who calls themself a liberal or progressive can unrec this, |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can you explain further? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Employers should not benefit from any of their employee's death |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think such insurance should be regulated to prevent tax-related abuses |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why that would be missing a trick! |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Adults cannot carry life insurance on other adults, |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Sure they can, but you must have an "insurable interest" in the person insured. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. It Should be Legal, BUT… |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, there are perfectly good reasons for an employer to insure the lives of some of their employees. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. There's not many people that actually fit that demographic. You're probably talking about less than |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Right on both counts. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Are you sure we're not confusing two things? |
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The Blue Flower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wrote abook about it |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Referred to as "Key Man" life policies, they are for - |
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