What is the population of Massachusetts? What is the population of the United States? Is it possible that what could work in a single state would fall apart if implemented on a nationwide scale because of the sheer number of people involved?
I don't know.
Just for the record, it’s not working in MA. Healthcare costs have surged through the roof and into the stratosphere since Romneycare was implemented. People who can’t afford the premiums are being fined heavily, and if they can’t pay the fines then penalties are being assessed on top of the fines. The other 49 [that would be 56, by Obama’s count] states are paying through the nose to subsidize Romneycare. All they’re trying to do is keep it afloat until they can shift the burden to Obamacare.
Fwiw.
Yes, I am talking principle though. It might work in a state as opposed to a whole country. At least in a state you would have the option to move. I’m talking about the moral premise underneath a mandate like that. How can you say you are for individual liberty and limited government and at the same time sign such a bill into law. I only ask because I am having a real hard time with this election. I feel like voting for Romney would be a breach of my principles. I also feel like Obama needs to go at almost any cost. But where to draw the line is the hard question. It feels like some kind of cosmic joke. I thought the message of the 2010 election was pretty clear and yet we are most likely going to end up with a nominee who, in his own state, implemented a plan identical in principle to Obamacare.