State of the Union

The Misrepresentation of Healthcare Reform

By Sheldon Richman • June 26, 2009, 6:57 AM

Why should the people get something through government–that is, at the point of a gun–simply because they want it?

The rest of my weekly TGIF is here.

Posted in Congress. Tagged Congress, Healthcare Reform, Representative Government.

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