Health Insurance Ain’t Car Insurance
By Larry Johnson on November 13, 2009 at 2:30 AM in Current Affairs
(Bumped up from Wednesday.)
The founders of the United States correctly feared the power of a central, national government and sought to mitigate this risk by dividing powers among the various branches and leaving to the states those powers not explicitly granted to the Federal Government. Now Democrats want to change this and are putting your freedom at risk with the so-called health care bill.
The Democrats want to require you to buy health insurance. You won’t have a choice. If you don’t do it then you pay a fine and go to jail. Here’s Senator Akaka:
He’s not the only crazy.
Here’s Nancy:
Some brain dead Democrats try to insist that it is just like “car insurance.” If you drive a car you are supposed to have some form of insurance (or course, this is not a Federal law but let’s ignore that minor inconvenience for the moment). Did you catch the key phrase?
IF!!!! There is no requirement that you own a car. None. Zippo. Zero. If you choose to buy a car then you are required in most states to have some form of insurance. But there is no standard penalty and the requirement is enforced in different ways in different parts of the country.
So spare me the bullshit and nonsense that a mandate to purchase Health Insurance is just like insuring your car. It ain’t.
