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There is construction occurring at Denver International Airport or "DIA" on an extensive system of tunnels, almost like an entire city underneath the airport. And it's all top secret, trying to keep it from the public.
LOL! Try walking out of Safeway with a cart full of groceries you haven't paid for. You'll quickly see what the "force of law" looks like.
Apples to oranges. Safeway is a private entity. It doesn't take money from people under force of law - but considering out earlier discussion about the convenience store, it's obvious that you don't understand the concept of voluntary exchange.
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Prices and taxes are the same thing.
If that were the case, we'd have a choice as to whom we paid our taxes to, and those entities would compete for tax revenue.
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Aw, geez! Ever heard of bank fraud or embezzlement? Any idea what fiduciary responsibility is?
Bank fraud is when they misbehave with our money, which we allow them to hold in trust for us. Fiduciary responsibility is in the same vein, an obligation imposed upon someone who is managing other people's money.
No, there has been one party lately that has simply lied about everything. To the detriment of the entire country. These people have NO ANSWERS to any of the country's problems. They hope to save themselves by keeping the ideas of others from succeeding. The ideas of the other party are meanwhile a mixed bag. Some are bad, some are good. They win.
Did you set the koolaid cup down so that you could type that with both hands?
But, but, but, but, but -- Mr. SmartMoney is complaining that his premiums were more than his actual costs for the year were. Are you saying that this is the way insurance is supposed to work?
I can't answer that without reading his policy.
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the individual mandate is an exercise of legitimate federal powers.
Cite the Consitutional clause that grants authority to the federal government to force American citizens into a healthcare insurance plan.
You won't, because you can't. No such clause exists in the Constitution, thus, no such authority is granted to the federal government.
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A system of near-universal coverage requires near-universal contributions as well.
But that's assuming that there is some intrinsic value in a system that provides near-universal coverage, and that that assumed value justifies forcing almost everybody to be subjected to this system. The ends always justify "any means necessary" with you statists.
Nobody is free to choose whether or not they wish to have this be part of their lives. Furthermore, this was forced upon us against the will of most of us. Nobody put this on the ballot for us to vote on.
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Free-rider wannabes no longer tolerated.
Who assumed the authority to make that decision, and what makes them think they have a right to make that decision on behalf of every American man, woman, and child?
Oh, and "free rider wannabes" is predicated upon the distinctly unAmerican notion that every American owes something to the system (and in this case, that the system is justified in existing).
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See SS and Medicare for further illustration of the point.
2 more unconstitutional programs. Thanks for underscoring my point.
Again, cite the Constitutional clause that grants authority to the federal government to force American citizens to pay for a retirement plan and a healthcare plan.
Slowpoke TX isn't kicking someone's azz in this thread.
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