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Michael Tomasky Asks: Did Liberals Screw Obamacare?

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The individual mandate can’t be defended as a right. Which is one reason it might be headed for defeat.

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In my previous column, I briefly discussed John Stuart Mill and the harm principle as a way for Democrats and liberals to justify the idea of the individual mandate.

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