The 'New Normal'

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Obama administration takes steps to implement individual mandate - The Hill's Healthwatch

The Obama administration took new steps Wednesday toward implementing the individual mandate in its signature healthcare law, downplaying the scope of the unpopular provision by stressing rules that allow exemptions from the requirement to purchase insurance.

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Corporatism seems to be the wave of the future. Forget about equal rights and rule of law. These days it's all about getting your own special deal from your exalted leaders. You wan't freedom? Get a lobbyist! Get in line! Just don't bother looking to the Constitution or the courts. We gave up on that shit a while back.