North Carolina Republicans are, indeed, challenging the federal government’s mandate, via the new federal health insurance law, that requires every citizen to buy government-approved health insurance or face a fine. (emphasis is mine)
Representaive Jeff Barnhart of Cabarrus County said he sponsored the bill because he didn’t believe the federal government should require people to buy a product.
“For our federal government to begin telling us what to purchase and not to purchase really bothers me a lot, it should bother every one of us,” he said.
It bothers anyone who believes in freedom and the right of the individual in a free society.
In this brief interview from several months ago, John Locke Foundation President John Hood explains his concern about the individual mandate.
