Friday, July 03, 2009

Calling This One Was Like Predicting Nightfall

Who could possibly have foreseen this?

Massachusetts state officials released study results that found consumers saved more than $270 million in premiums during the first year of the managed competition model for auto insurance, which started in April 2008.


I mean, other than those of us with functional, non-defective brains in our cranial cavities.

Flashback - November 2005:

Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Tom Reilly sparred over auto insurance on Tuesday, with Reilly saying the governor's reform plan would create chaos for drivers...

[...]

"If that bill which has been proposed by the governor goes into effect, all hell will break loose in this state," Reilly said at a morning news conference.


From the Unabridged Hackachusetts Dictionary:

chaos (noun): the condition that results from private citizens being allowed to keep more of their hard-earned money, making it harder for politicians to funnel it through the system and back into their re-election coffers and the pockets of their campaign donors. (see also: all hell breaking loose)


And, because it's simply a f***ing awesome screenshot: