So wrote David Plouffe in a recent article in the ‘NY Times’. What do you think? https://archive.is/isV9U#selection-843.412-843.532
The costs of cars continue to rise…. Insurance goes up.
The cost of repairs increases because of more expensive, non serviceable parts…. Insurances goes up.
Cars are designed to crush and deploy several airbags in accidents to save the occupants which greatly increases the repair costs…. Insurance goes up
Mechanics need more extensive training and very expensive computer tools to service complicated cars so they need to be paid more for that knowledge… Insurance goes up
Fewer workers want to become mechanics so those that are left need to be paid more just to retain them…. Insurance goes up. The only reason mentioned in the article.
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I didn’t read the article but what do people from New York know about cars and repair? They don’t own cars. They haven’t ever bought a quart of paint for $80 and the other materials. Have they researched epa spray booth requirements and the safety equipment required? The last work I had done involved a headlight, bumper cover, and a little fender work. $3000 before they were done. You only need liability insurance so if you think the price is too high, go without. Many people don’t believe what the times says anymore.
Remember last year I got in trouble for stereotyping? I think it was with peoples’ ages though.
Not wise to do that.
We’re all Americans Bing.
People made a choice not to trust established media based on what they read or watched on ‘alternative’/social media and believed it.
Really messed things up in 2016, know what I mean?
Goes all the way back to WW 2.
Why would you think that the cost of Insurance going up is so strange that it requires a “What Do You Think?” Posting???
By the way, the term “Skyrocketing” is just as hyperbolic as saying the “Sky is Falling…”
Everyone knows that wages for all workers are going up and that includes mechanics and body repair specialist. Everyone knows that the price of materials to repair a vehicle cost more.
The cost of making any repair, mechanical or bodywork, will cost more and all insurance companies are in the business to make money. Consequently, since expenditures cost more, the premiums will cost more to keep the insurance company profitable…
Fakebook and S h t t e r (Twitter X) didn’t exist in WW2.
Existential threats to world peace and civilization did: then, and since 2016.
Please reframe from bringing politics into the discussion…
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