@DanaBlankenhorn Mandating the purchase of healthcare as a condition of being allowed to be alive IS the start of the slippery slope. Once the Supreme Court rubber stamps this, there will be more intrusion. Especially when the cost overruns start being 2-10 times the CBO estimates. It may start as a tax rebate if you join a gym, or keep your BMI in a certain range, but no Government in the history of the world EVER doesn't exploit new rights.
The other example is the unintended consequence of Government intervention as stated, banning has backfired where junk food is readily available outside school. So, instead of removing the regulations (again, this is government, it won't happen), you will likely see fast food and/or junk food being banned within 6 blocks of school or a special "school proximity sin tax" or anything those who like to TELL others how to live are apt to do. I would ask you, why aren't you looking or demanding they repeal a policy that is making things worse and try something else. When they refuse, you learn it is about control, not an actual goal (laudible that it is)
My Union example, well, there is already incentive to join a Union. Want ANY stimulus money in your paycheck, only unionized companies get any.
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