You blame the GOP for repealing ACA. As they don't control either the Senate or the Presidency, they can't repeal anything. So either political discussion is comparable to murder, or "repeal" means something other than it usually does. ("Attempt to repeal", "Suggestion to repeal", "Political grandstanding", maybe?)
I think I understand your position on a mandate to action: I don't view paying taxes as an action per-se, since it's sort of involuntary. But that's probably just a minor matter of wording.
Fundamentally I think I view the cost/benefit tradeoffs differently, and to a certain extent the mandate; I'd tend to argue from a utilitarian perspective, and I don't think things like the ACA actually improve things. But ... so it goes.
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I think I understand your position on a mandate to action: I don't view paying taxes as an action per-se, since it's sort of involuntary. But that's probably just a minor matter of wording.
Fundamentally I think I view the cost/benefit tradeoffs differently, and to a certain extent the mandate; I'd tend to argue from a utilitarian perspective, and I don't think things like the ACA actually improve things. But ... so it goes.