{"id":1836,"date":"2012-03-27T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2012-06-29T06:51:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T11:51:11","slug":"the-ultimate-invasion-of-liberty-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2012\/03\/27\/the-ultimate-invasion-of-liberty-and-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Invasion of Liberty and Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who thinks forcing the citizenry to buy a private market product simply for living and breathing hasn&#8217;t thought this through very well. Do not equate this to auto or other forms of insurance mandates. Many people do not have a car or insurance on one by CHOICE. Breathing is not a choice. This is evil precedence. Dead core evil.<\/p>\n<p>How long until we are forced to buy a certain toothpaste with specified ingredient, adhere to dietary requirements, and smokers can forget it&#8230; All brought to you by proxy through the governments cozy insurance relationship.  It is control by legal mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who thinks this is going to do one damn thing to control indigent health care costs, I&#8217;m laughing at you, not with you. It is a revenue and power grab. No more, no less, negotiated in secrecy by Ramm Emanuel at the bidding of Obama to placate the insurance industry.<\/p>\n<p>I am clearly no Obama hater but I hate this legislation and feel it is the dark stain on his Presidency. 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