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We are talking mandates: 2: : an authorization to act given to a representative <accepted the mandate of the people> Mandate - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
In a representative democracy we all agree ahead of time, before a vote is taken, that to have the winning side pursue an agenda that was voted on is not a shoving down the throats of people who disagree. We have elections to remedy things. this is similar to calling taxation in a representative democracy, theft...it's imbecilic.
Wrong. I never agreed to any such thing. we have elections to divvy up the spoils. No election ever remedied anything, except to put a stop to the previous remedy.
Bush and the GOP said they had 'political capitol' and a mandate to do what they wanted, not do what they ran on.
And the Dims said "no they didn't."
Obamacare is constitutional and in 2008 most everyone agreed something, almost anything had to be done on the health care issue. Then the misinformation and manipulation of facts and discourse started and we had people talking about death panels and elders and veterans saying stupid things like get the government hands off their government payments.
Its not constitutional. Even if it was, that doesn't mean I consented to it or that it isn't being rammed down my throat. The claim that "something had to be done," even if it were true, doesn't give anyone a blank check to do whatever they want. Obamacare is only screwing up everything worse. Government has been screwing up the healthcare industry for the last 50 years.