This article makes an important point that leftists and big government Repubs don’t get. The choice is not that we are all in it together or we are all individuals who refuse to work together. Rather the choice is, are we all coerced as a group or do you voluntarily associate as free independent individuals? One allows every human being to live the life they desire and as they see fit, the other forces every human being to succumb to the desires of a select few that happen to control the power of the government at any particular time.
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