Slippery Slope

We’re on it folks.

HT to Cafe Hayek for the link to this video of Pelosi justifying government force.  It’s about a minute long and worth watching.

In it she justifies the penalty of jail time for not following the government mandate to purchase health insurance as better than someone being able to go to the emergency room for free and send the bill to you.

Pelosi correctly identifies that one of the problems with health care today is that people are not held responsible for paying for what they use.  Emergency rooms are not allowed by the government to deny treatment.

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