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One of the Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the time of Katrina lived in an area that was not directly hit by the hurricane.

She had insurance that covered, flood, wind, and rain damage. The insurance company did not pay her a dime, even after she, and the rest of LA sued them.

There is no free market when insurance companies can buy judges to get their way out of doing what they were paid to do.



Perhaps Ron Paul would do away with whatever mechanism allows the insurance companies to buy judges? (assuming what they are doing is legal).


At the time, he said he would support legislation to do this (I think he may have even put forth some, I can't find it though).


Insurance companies don't buy judges. This is really just nonsense.

The thing is, judges work for the government, this means, no matter how illegal a law is, they will always take the government side of it.

For example, the constitution doesn't give the government the power to regulate insurance at the federal level, but judges will rule based on the assumption it does because they are government employees and wouldn't be able to keep their jobs otherwise.


Judges are elected in that area, and the insurance company paid for his re-election campaign. So, yes, judges CAN be bought, and it was legal too.




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