text: You have never mentioned that to me at any time. You've never said that "some government control was OK"...which is what you are basically stating when you say that you have no problem with a government-mandated requirement for people to carry catastrophic insurance. To me, on these forums, your stance has ALWAYS been that government was evil and they had no place in dictating whether or not people had insurance, and that ANY such action by the government was a slippery slope.  Heck....you've said as much on this very thread, and now here you are contradicting yourself because it has dawned on you that "freedom" will potentially create "takers" of the kind Nigel mentioned.
  
  Again.....you were in a bind with Nigel, so now you're backpedaling.
  
  I was wondering.....where is that magic point in your logic where "some" government control turns into "too much" government? Let me guess.....you need to see if an R or a D follows the name of the person that recommends a specific policy.