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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe new "frame" --- The Obama Tax
That is how the right will campaign on Obamacare.
And what should Obama do? Turn it into the Massachusetts Romneycare Tax. Romney was a proponent then.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and must. Roberts handed some ammo to the Rs.
I would prefer to point out to people that they can sit and whine about people using the emergency rooms and causing health care costs to spiral upward steeply, or as a nation, we can help people be healthier and less vulnerable as a cost savings overall.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)People who take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY pay for insurance, and the others pay a TAX..
We all pay taxes.. It's how we GET STUFF..
stuff like roads, schools, SPORTS STADIUMS (built FOR zillionaires), briodges, etc.
When we work, we expect to get paid for it.
Government gets "paid" through taxes.
Civilized societies support government through taxation, and in turn government supports citizens through services they cannot render for themselves.