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kenny blankenship

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5. There are no words in the Constitution that can't be twisted into their opposites

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 10:27 AM

Jul 2012

when both political parties make that their habitual method of arriving at whatever ends they want and rewarding their big corporate donors.

Turns out it's just a fucking piece of paper after all. With enough time, will and interpretive brazenness it can mean whatever you want.

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Maher: Mandate is like calling a speeding ticket a driving ticket [View all] Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 OP

But We Already Know Iggy Jul 2012 #1

Didn't the mandate originate from the Heratage Foundation and doc03 Jul 2012 #2

Yes and it was a demand of the insurance companies going back to "Hillarycare" in 1983 underpants Jul 2012 #3

There are no words in the Constitution that can't be twisted into their opposites kenny blankenship Jul 2012 #5

Right you are Kenny underpants Jul 2012 #8

Blaming the disadvantaged and calling them "freeloaders": kenny blankenship Jul 2012 #4

Just because someone doesn't want to buy insurance doesn't nessarally mean they doc03 Jul 2012 #6

I agree with your take on this - Riley18 Jul 2012 #7

People on minimum wage are not freeloaders. We know who the freeloaders are.... Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #10

Don't assume that it is just young people who go without. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #11

I didn't say it was JUST young people. But those are the stats. As usual, you are wrong on yourfacts Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #12

The mandate does not apply to the disadvantaged. You might want to get familiar with the ACA Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #9