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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Politico: "New Era of Activism Like Never Before"

Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico sounds excited about Obama's plans for government-run health care:

“President Barack Obama eats his vegetables and exercises every day — and he really wants you to do the same. From the White House garden to his picks for top health jobs, Obama is telling America’s McDonald’s-loving, couch-dwelling, doctor-phobic populace that things are about to change. Don’t be fooled by the presidential burger runs. Obama and Congress are moving across several fronts to give government a central role in making America healthier — raising expectations among public health experts of a new era of activism unlike any before.”

Once government runs health care, they can regulate everything in your life in the name of "saving government money." Drink soda? Eat potato chips? Don't eat veggies? Watch too much tv? Don't exercise? You name an activity and the government can argue it affects your health, and therefore the government bottom line, so they can regulate it. Yes, it's fascist, but to liberals, fascism "for your own good" is not fascism.

*Update*
The AMA says NO to Obamacare. From Gateway Pundit.