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Bluenorthwest

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3. This mandate is unique among insurance mandates world wide in that it mandates the

Reply to mnmoderatedem (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 10:21 AM

Mar 2012

purchase of products that are sold for a profit. That is not a tax. When you go purchase a product, that is not a tax, that is money you are paying to another for trade.
In other countries that make use of a mandate for health insurance, it is a crime to profit from such policies, here it is the entire point to profit from them.

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If the individual mandate is unconstitutional [View all] mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 OP

I would say they are fairly different el_bryanto Mar 2012 #1

Social Security does not force you to buy anything liberal N proud Mar 2012 #2

This mandate is unique among insurance mandates world wide in that it mandates the Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #3

Both SS and Medicare are taxes which provide a defined benefit. former9thward Mar 2012 #4

Government collusion CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #5

Social security = Tax and Spend = Constitutional, Individual Mandate = Dictatorship frontierteg Mar 2012 #6