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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

It’s All About the Power
by Lee

Reason is live-blogging the Democratic debate.

9:14: Clinton defends her plan and its mandates: “Imagine if FDR made Social Security voluntary. Imagine if LBJ made Medicare voluntary.” Yes, what a terrifying vison of a dystopian Earth-2 she crafts.

Yes, how horrifying it would be if these programs, which are on the verge of bankrupting the country, were made voluntary.  You can get a better return on your Social Security money if you stuck it in a simple savings account, let alone invest it or do other things with it.  And Medicare?  Kill all federal Medicare programs, give the money to the poor in the form of insurance via a means-tested method of determining their need, then make private insurance mandatory.

What a horrible world that would be to live in, huh?  One where the benevolent, warm arms or government weren’t wrapped around your every decision.

Posted by Lee on 02/26/08 at 07:59 PM in Election 2008  • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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