Charles Schumer wants Republicans who oppose ObamaCare to drop their existing health insurance (which he continues to mislabel “health care”), Politico reports. Eric Cantor’s appropriate response through a spokesman:
This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of health care in America, which isn?t shocking from people like Senator Schumer who are responsible for the ObamaCare disaster. But if Senator Schumer wants to operate in the world of the illogical, we assume that he, Leader Reid, and Rep. Pelosi will be giving up their own health care since it doesn?t include the public option.
Schumer’s is a fundamental misunderstanding on the left. By this thinking, you should not have children if you oppose a bill that requires every married couple to have children.
On the other hand, progressives have have no problem with spending more to opt out of a government system that doesn’t work(e.g., education) or accepting tax cuts they oppose.
Even Warren Buffett and GiveItBackForJobs.org suggest giving money to charities instead of government — Buffett specifically saying he thought the Gates Foundation could deliver better services more effectively than the feds, according to a report at the time.
At the state level, how many people who want higher taxes voluntarily paid more to a government? The last time I looked, it wasn’t many. Do proponents of quarter-cent sales tax hikes in counties across the state give write checks to their county governments?
