individual mandate – NorthCoastBlog.com https://www.northcoastblog.com Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:29:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Mitt Romney’s presentation on how the individual mandate should be called the Personal Responsibility Principle https://www.northcoastblog.com/2012/07/02/individual-mandate-should-be-called-the-personal-responsibility-principle/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:29:09 +0000 https://www.northcoastblog.com/?p=1960

Here’s a fascinating video of Mitt Romney’s Power Point presentation he made to the Heritage Foundation in 2006. Romney explains the conservative position that any individual mandate should be called the Personal Responsibility Principle.

This is yet another example of how Mitt Romney’s positions are mostly governed by political expediency. The man seems to have no principles whatsoever, except for his consistency when it comes to cutting taxes for the wealthy.

]]> The need for individual mandates https://www.northcoastblog.com/2009/12/16/the-need-for-individual-mandates/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:56:11 +0000 https://www.northcoastblog.com/?p=1542 Some like Keith Olbermann and Kos have suggested that the health care bill should be opposed unless the individual mandate is removed.

Ezra Klein explains why the mandates are necessary.

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