But just so you know I don't like it either! It's probably one of the stupidest things we've done besides buy everything from china or japan!
For the record: "The mandate, requiring every American to purchase health insurance, appeared in a 1989 published proposal by Stuart M. Butler of the conservative Heritage Foundation called "Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans," which included a provision to "mandate all households to obtain adequate insurance." The Heritage Foundation "substantially revised" its proposal four years later, according to a 1994 analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. But the idea of an individual health insurance mandate later appeared in two bills introduced by Republican lawmakers in 1993, according to the non-partisan research group ProCon.org. Among the supporters of the bills were senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who today oppose the mandate under current law."
Republican or democrat or whatever else they call themselves= still wrong fella, peddle parties elsewhere
We have had to rely on the government since President Teddy Roosevelt. He was a good president, but he pretty much introduced the act of being entitled that the government owes you something.
I DON'T SEE HOW POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WORKING THE SYSTEM. OR IS JUST THAT IT'S OK FOR REPUBLICANS? I didn't want you to feel alone with your caps rage. :/
I agree that the people who work the system should be kicked out of the country at least. But it has nothing to do with parties. Keep it as a friendly debate instead of an argument. >.> op requested it at the beginning
Bigblock, this not a party thing ... I wanted everyone to know the history that is all ... And the origins of the idea. I have to say I agree with Abby, and she has framed the argument very well. I am very grateful to her.
Let me ask: did the government argue this was a tax? Or not a tax? Or both? check it out, then refer to your case presented
I think TrtGgg is presenting the origins of a mandated healthcare plan, but Block is talking about the way it's being imposed. Am I right? I think you guys are having to different points related to the same subject. Or something like that.
@Des: Tapping into emails, etc. is protecting us from terrorists. It may seem like an invasion of privacy, but it's actually helping us in some way. And it's not the issue we're talking about. @Rockst: I know that some people actually CAN'T work, and I know some people try and can't afford it. But we can't separate out the people who try to make enough money from the people who don't and want to take advantage of Obamacare.
My momma hates Obamacare and says if we needed it we'd have it and shed make sure of it and she has tried