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To: Paul Smith who wrote (131556)2/26/2010 11:28:10 AM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541327
 
Frankly, that strikes me as a distinction without a difference, Paul. The power to tax is the power to require contributions to the social whole; requiring health insurance strikes me as the same logic. We pay social security taxes, medicare taxes, and so on all the time. Same logic.

So far I've only seen this argument coming from the further right reaches of the political spectrum. If it comes from more mainstream sources, I'll begin to see if it has any meaning.



To: Paul Smith who wrote (131556)2/26/2010 12:21:29 PM
From: KonKilo  Respond to of 541327
 
An income tax is different than forcing every individual to buy something. I can't think of any examples of the Federal government forcing the purchase of anything on every individual in the country.

Single-payer would solve this problem.

I'm still not convinced that the mandate is not a way to get just that. Plenty of folks will holler about it, for sure, and then single-payer looks that much better.

Might even reverse the Overton Window's rightward movement somewhat.


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