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In the discussion thread: If Health Insurance Mandates Are Unconstitutional, Why Did the Founding Fathers Back Them? [View all]

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Sat Apr 14, 2012, 03:43 PM

BootinUp (25,654 posts)

9. let me guess...

you're against the mandate or the whole ACA?

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23 replies	Author	Time	Post
If Health Insurance Mandates Are Unconstitutional, Why Did the Founding Fathers Back Them? [View all]	one_voice	Apr 2012	OP
Wow. That is an interesting post.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#1
commies!	BootinUp	Apr 2012	#2
You're right	mazzarro	Apr 2012	#4
interesting, and good support. but the constitutionality question is trivial as an income tax	unblock	Apr 2012	#3
Then they can start a mandatory firearm law. Great.	dkf	Apr 2012	#5
well, our founders did say the power to tax is the power to destroy...	unblock	Apr 2012	#10
That would destroy this country with violence	jenwilson	Apr 2012	#13
Mandatory health insurance might bury us in ever expanding health care costs.	dkf	Apr 2012	#23
this is a terrible comparison	backwoodsbob	Apr 2012	#17
wrong.	unblock	Apr 2012	#19
Too bad we didn't hear this mentioned during the Supreme Court arguments. nt	crazylikafox	Apr 2012	#6
The reason you didn't hear it...	meaculpa2011	Apr 2012	#16
Except that in 1792, there was no such thing as health insurance, nor insurance companies	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#7
let me guess...	BootinUp	Apr 2012	#9
Self-insurance is still insurance.	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2012	#12
That was collected by the government not to private for profit corporations.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#20
That reminds me of this:	The Straight Story	Apr 2012	#8
Perhaps the answer to OP question is: The Framers did not have Paul Ryan, etc. to explain to the	SDjack	Apr 2012	#11
Gosh, the administration should have used this argument in front of the Supreme Court.	progressoid	Apr 2012	#14
There's a reason this argument didn't come up from either side or the Justices during the hearing:	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#15
You mean the Libertarians are lying to me!?	fightforfreedom123	Apr 2012	#18
In those days, insurance companies did not get rich from mass murder n/t	eridani	Apr 2012	#21
Because health insurance corporations did not exist in 1790. Very few enjoyed "limited liability."	Selatius	Apr 2012	#22

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