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Six Reasons to Reject Obamacare
Six Reasons to Reject Obamacare
Nov 7, 2024 2:38 PM

If it doesn’t faze you that

Uncle Sam badly mishandled the stimulus porkanazaCongress would have directed bazillions to a surreally corrupt Acorn but for these two young heroesMichael Moore’s Sicko is WackoCanadians will no longer have a free market healthcare system to flee toGovernment-run health care will look and smell and feel like the Department of Motor Vehicles … with sharp needles and bedpansIf none of this has convinced you that a government-run healthcare system is a bad idea, then spend some time perusing Jay Richards’ thoughtful blogging work on health care here at The Enterprise Blog.

And have a blessed weekend.

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