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Monday, September 13, 2010

Michael Barone: Gangster Government Stifles Criticism of Obamacare

Via Townhall:
Sebelius is threatening to put health insurers out of business in a substantial portion of the market if they state that Obamacare is boosting their costs.

"Congress shall make no law," reads the First Amendment, "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."

Sebelius' approach is different: "zero tolerance" for dissent.

The threat to use government regulation to destroy or harm someone's business because they disagree with government officials is thuggery. Like the Obama administration's transfer of money from Chrysler bondholders to its political allies in the United Auto Workers, it is a form of gangster government.

When the Obama Gang was muscling the auto industry bondholders they were still popular. With the unpopularity of ObamaCare threatening to destroy the Democrats, it remains to be seen if the Obama Cartel and the media still has the power to force private companies and individuals to cave to threats and extortion.

This is what fascism looks like folks.

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