End Discrimination Against Women

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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Men are permitted to pay more for their life insurance

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Discrimination exists in America and I don?t like it. I know you don't want to believe it but discrimination is alive and well even as I speak. Women are not permitted to pay as much as men for their life insurance policies, and I am prepared to fight as long as it takes to make them equal.
This unfortunate unequal situation was called to my attention when I read a piece of so-called junk mail. That, of course, was a mistake right there. This junk mail advertised a guaranteed acceptance life insurance plan for men and women between the ages of 45 and 75. But let me tell you about the difference in the premiums. In every age group, women were not allowed to pay as much as the men. At the age of 45, men are permitted to pay five dollars and fifty cents more than a woman of the same age. At the age of 75 men are permitted to pay twenty two dollars more. It bothers me to think that w...
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