The US House of Presumptive Meddlers


	The US House of Presumptive Meddlers

ColoradoRight

11-12-2009 2:53 PM

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ColoradoRight says:

Advocates of government control want you to believe that the serious shortcomings of our medical and insurance system are failures of the free market. But that's impossible because our market is not free. Each state operates a cozy medical and insurance cartel that restricts competition through licensing and keeps prices higher than they would be in a genuine free market. But the planners won't talk about that. After all, if government is the problem in the first place, how can they justify a government takeover?

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