October 30, 2009
It's going to take some time to
deconstruct Nancy Pelosi's new fiendishly entertaining health
care opus, which tops 1,900 pages. But as David Harsanyi notes,
as you flip through the pages of the House bill, you will notice
the word "regulation" appears 181 times. "Tax" is there 214
times. "Fees," 103 times. As we all know, nothing says
"affordability" like higher taxes and fees. The word "shall"—as
in "must" or "required to"—appears more than 3,000 times. The
word, alas, never is preceded by the patriotic phrase "mind our
own freaking business." Not once.
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