Daniel Henninger on the real effect of nationalized health care and Obama's "optional" program. It is not just the people that are rendered indolent by government on auto-handout.
I find the word "optional" especially suspect in all this. After all, the only optional part is taking the service--you pay for it whether you want to or not. If a man sticks a gun in my face and robs me of all my food and then offers me a crust of bread which I, having nothing else to eat, take, is that really a voluntary transaction?
And let us always remember this from Voltaire (via Samizdata.net):
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
I find the word "optional" especially suspect in all this. After all, the only optional part is taking the service--you pay for it whether you want to or not. If a man sticks a gun in my face and robs me of all my food and then offers me a crust of bread which I, having nothing else to eat, take, is that really a voluntary transaction?
And let us always remember this from Voltaire (via Samizdata.net):
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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