If health insurance mandates are unconstitutional, why did the Founding Fathers back them? - Herkimer, NY - The Telegram

If health insurance mandates are unconstitutional, why did the Founding Fathers back them?

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By Pat Cunningham

To paraphrase an observation I once read somewhere, when history is inconvenient, it is often just ignored or twisted to suit the goals of demagogues.

Such is the case with the argument by opponents of ObamaCare who want you to believe that the measure’s individual mandate has the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.

In truth, the Founding Fathers more likely would endorse the individual mandate. Consider THIS:

The founding fathers, it turns out, passed several mandates of their own. In 1790, the very first Congress—which incidentally included 20 framers—passed a law that included a mandate: namely, a requirement that ...

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