Robert Reich - The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in t...

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The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in the form of payroll taxes to buy mandatory public insurance. In fact, that's the system we call Social Security and Medicare, and both are so popular politicians dare not touch them.

Robert Reich

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Das Merkwürdige ist, dass Amerikaner individuelle Mandate nicht scheuen, wenn sie in Form von Lohnsteuern kommen, um eine obligatorische öffentliche Versicherung abzuschließen. Das ist das System, das wir Sozialversicherung und Medicare nennen, und beide sind so populär, dass Politiker es wagen, sie nicht zu berühren.

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