Yes. Car insurance. Honestly, I'd rather be required to buy something from the private sector than be forced to buy "public options" like social security and medicare.
But only if you own or drive a car. Same with Social Security or Medicare, only if you work. What makes ObamaCare different is that you are being forced to buy health insurance just because you happen to be born a citizen of the United States.
Socialist State governments can go overboard too.
JUST VOTE THEM OUT!!
Not a good example. You aren’t forced to buy car insurance because you aren’t — legally — forced to drive a car, and, in any case, it’s not the Fedgov that’s doing the “forcing”.
We are not required to buy car insurance here in the Live Free or Die state but I can tell you that if you own anything, like a house, you would be pretty stupid not have car insurance....it is kind of a capitalistic like approach....
Car insurance is strictly between you and your state of residence. The states have many powers not in the Constitution (in fact all powers NOT mentioned therein). The FedGov does not. The FEDERAL mandate is unconstitutional.
You are not forced to buy auto insurance.
Unless you choose to drive. Then you assume risk for yourself and other drivers.
And the government does not tell you you only can buy the policy they recommend. You probably have 10 company options with other policy modifications.
Now if the government owns the insurance company, then we have a problem.
Not really, you choose to own a car, therefore you must have insurance by law for that vehicle if you choose to drive it. You cannot choose whether or when you get sick, or even breathe for that matter, so it is not really the same thing.
and being force to make monthly contributions for abortions should make everyone mad.
The car insurance comparison is wholly invalid for at least the following three reasons:
1. The requirement is not imposed by the Federal government, but by an individual state.
2. The requirement is not imposed on everyone, only on those who elect to drive a car and register it to drive on public highways.
3. The requirement is not for insurance against driving risks to the insurer, but risks to the general public deriving from the insured’s behavior.