Conn. Agents Told to Brace for Bill to Ban Contingent Pay

November 17, 2006

  • November 19, 2006 at 9:30 am
    tony says:
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    I made a gaffe regarding the Democrat vs Republican educational survey that was completed a few years ago. The following is how it should have read: The average Democrat has some high school education and the average Republican has some college education.

  • November 19, 2006 at 10:06 am
    Southern Agent (the smart one) says:
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    When did I say I was a Democrat? They are controlled by special interests just like the Reps. Im in the Green party, what can you say about them? Why shouldnt rich people pay more in taxes? Is that socialism? Its a pretty brilliant system they have fooled you with when an average guy like fat Tony is defending the rights of billionaires to not pay taxes. You are a fool. They are laughing at you fat boy. If poor people and rich people paid the same amount in taxes you wouldnt even be able to pay for your Iraq war.

  • November 19, 2006 at 11:19 am
    tony says:
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    Wake up an educate yourself! ONLY THE RICH PAY TAXES, YOU JERK. The top 50% pay 96.54% of all income taxes and the top 1% pay more than a third: 34.27%!!!

    You are a morose individual, as most are on the left. I have more important things to do than descend into your bucket of depression.

    Good bye!

  • November 19, 2006 at 3:59 am
    A Yellow Dog Democrat says:
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    When agents were told to expect contingencies to be eliminated…
    We are already seeing contingencies being eliminated and commissions increased. If all agents are treated the same, what is the franchise value? You will find that the smaller producers will be terminated, \”Our franchise value is that you have one\”. As always, we agents will adapt, but will the smaller and medium buyer be better served? I doubt it.

    Now as to tony and his tax information as to who pays – yes the higher erners pay most of the taxes, but as a percentage of wealth, the top 5% do not come close to paying a fair share and your not a socilist if you believe in fairness.

  • November 20, 2006 at 10:27 am
    NY agent/broker says:
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    Here in NY state (home to Eliot Spitzer and the big brokers who started this whole mess) we can have an AGENTS or a BROKERS license, or both. We can charge a service fee only if we are acting as a broker, not as an agent for a company we contractually represent.

    Sometimes I act as an agent and sometimes as a broker. Tomorrow I will be charging a client a broker\’s fee. Next spring I hope to get a contingency check from a company for which I am an AGENT.



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