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-By Warner Todd Huston
During his healthcare speech last week, President Obama tried to compare his idea of compulsory health insurance to the practice of mandatory auto insurance now in effect in most of the States of the Union.
But as a recent Fox News piece by Judson Berger proves , car insurance is nothing like forced healthcare insurance. The main reason the two do not compare well is that mandatory auto insurance covers other people, not the driver. But forced healthcare insurance covers the individual, not any indemnity against the individual’s actions against others.
Additionally, there isn’t anything truly compulsory about mandatory auto insurance. After all, it isn’t mandatory that one drive. If you don’t want to pay for the insurance, don’t drive. Additionally, there is no compulsion to pay for insurance that covers yourself or your car.
On the other hand, compulsory health insurance is far more intrusive than mandatory car insurance. It cannot be avoided without penalty of law, it is not a safety measure to cover others for your own negligence, it can’t be avoided even by moving to another state and it most certainly is un-Constitutional.
This singular fact is why it must be un-Constitutional. This is truly a tax on breathing. If you are breathing you owe the government a tax to keep you breathing as far as Obama is concerned. Not only that but you own a tax to allow everyone else to breath, as well. This compulsory insurance is nothing less than the assumption that government owns your body.
Obama’s chief claim is that he is trying to “reform” the health insurance industry, not replace it. That being the case, he is not requiring citizens to pay the government for that healthcare. He is mandating that we buy insurance from a private company to avoid his fines. But the Constitution does not give government the power to force citizens to buy things, the Constitution only gives the government the right to levy taxes. Buying insurance is not a “tax” per se.
...Luke#39;s real life auto insurance quote came back at 303 dollars a month. Luke got pissed... and put his new webcam to use. (Like all of our ...
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Consumer group: Car-insurance rates unfair to poor Newsday - Jan 01, 1970
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The Disabled Pay More For Auto Insurance, New Study Shows, But Is This Illegal? San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - Jan 01, 1970
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Does a garage cut your car insurance? Fox Business - Jan 01, 1970
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No More No-Fault? Florida Legislature Tackles Auto Insurance Reform WUSF 89.7 News - Jan 01, 1970
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Insuring the most bang for your buck with your insurance policies 660 News - Jan 01, 1970
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