The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[innerSpaceman]

Ya know, now that I see it passed as an actual law, I gotta admit it smacks of facism to me.

Maybe it's just the way it's framed. If perhaps the state took your taxes and enrolled you in a government healthcare plan, I might find it slightly less creepy.

After all, the federal government is essentially telling me I have to pay to kill Iraqi civilians, but I am saved the step of ordering that off the menu at the war cafe and taking the money out of my wallet for it. So much easier when my employer does not even give me my money, and instead sends it directly to George Bush to kill Iraqi civilians on my behalf.


Still, the Massachusetts law strikes me as vaguely unAmerican.