Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobiasis an American journalist, author, and columnist. His main body of work is on investment, but he has also written on politics, insurance, and other topics. Since 1999, he has been the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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Having no national system of catastrophic health insurance, we have, through the courts, managed to patch together pieces of a not very satisfactory one.
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The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.
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It's complete freedom of expression, almost instant gratification, ... No two-month delay until your magazine article appears or nine-month delay until the book comes out - and almost instant feedback. I have thousands of terrific readers, and I learn at least as much from them as they do from me.
campaigns want campaign-finance
Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.
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I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.
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You want 21 percent risk free? Pay off your credit cards.
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Now listen. You can't fool all the people all the time-- but I want you to try.
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The life insurance policies advertised on the radio with the line "You cannot be turned down for this coverage!" are actually saying, " For policies this small, it would cost us more to decide whom to turn down than simply to accept everybody-and make them pay through the nose.
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The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carolina, in 1735.
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The larger the deductible you choose, the less insurance you are buying. Insurers want to sell insurance.
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It's very nice to be able to be who you are.
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There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones-but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young people (who can afford the premiums) to drive?
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Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.
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Summers are the best. And I figured summer was my best time for meeting someone, too, because in the summer people are looking for someone to snuggle up with for the winter. And because in the summer I could take off my shirt.