Auto insurance and ObamaCare: Not the same thing

In Illinois, I'm required to carry liability insurance for the two cars I own. I believe every state has a similar law. But two Obama cabinet members, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, are comparing the ObamaCare individual mandate that I must purchase health insurance to mandatory car insurance laws.

Ed Morrisey covers many of the same points in Hot Air. But here is my take. I don't have to own a car, or even rent one. Driving is voluntary. I can only drive on publicly managed roads. Liability insurance protects me, up to a certain financial level, from lawsuits if I hit a person, a car, or if I damage property while driving. To compare laws requiring automobile insurance to ObamaCare's individual mandate is absurd. Yes, Holder is the top lawyer in the land, but he is not a stranger to bad judgement. Afterall, he approved the Marc Rich pardon and performed legal work for Illinois on behalf of then-Governor Rod Blagojevich.

To live in the United States, according to the ObamaCare law, I have to buy health insurance. Holder and Sebelius concur.

This is not what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he wrote about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

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