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    Mitt Romney: Hypocrite

    Great moments in hypocrisy:

    Mitt Romney's prescription for 'Obamacare': Repeal it - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com

    Mitt Romney wants to get rid of his own health care plan.

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    Why do people hate Obamacare? I don't see how it hurts anybody.


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    Because it's a shitty system that is unconstitutional and immoral.

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    I'm not convinced it's unconstitutional, and less convinced still that it's immoral, but shitty system seems like a pretty apt two-word description for it.

    To be honest I find the term "Obamacare" misleading and stupid as it is not by any stretch Obama's bill alone, nor does it provide care in any sense of the word.

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    I'm not convinced it's unconstitutional
    There is a simple argument for it being unconstitutional. The law mandates the purchase of health insurance from private sources. The law is based on the commerce clause which allows the government to regulate commerce. No current interpretation of commerce regulation allows the government to force a person to engage in commerce; only to regulate the commerce one does engage in.

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    Quote Quote by: Angry Citizen View Post
    Because it's a shitty system that is unconstitutional and immoral.
    I agree completely. The people in the US deserve a health system that is government-funded, single-payer and comprehensive, not one designed to serve, not patients, but greed-obsessed insurance companies, medical corporations, drug companies, and health professionals who push pills and procedures to the detriment of patients.

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    Quote Quote by: Angry Citizen View Post
    Because it's a shitty system that is unconstitutional and immoral.
    you are joking right? Immoral???


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    Highly immoral. What gives the government the right to force me to do business with some scumbag?

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    Quote Quote by: mbc85 View Post
    you are joking right? Immoral???
    I suppose it could be interpreted in that way. After all, it is just a bailout for the health insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

    The problem I see with repealing it is the fact that Democrats will not work towards a single payer or even a public option. It will take a landslide LIBERAL victory in 2012 to make that happen.

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