Showing posts with label social responsibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social responsibility. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Progressives' Religious Fervor

With Obamacare, "the American people have had an unfiltered look at what progressive policy means to them, and they don't like it," writes Derek Hunter, adding "desperate times require desperate measures. Enter the religious appeal."
In a column reeking of desperation on par with a kid hoping for a unicorn under his Christmas tree, the Washington Post’s Ryan Cooper compiled a list of reasons “Why millennials will come around on Obamacare.” Aside from a desperate lack of understanding of health policy and how people work, the second reason Cooper lists stands out. He writes, “Going without health insurance is morally wrong.”

I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in.
But wait, writes Hunter (after citing two other recent examples of progressives' moral guilt-tripping**),
These are the same people who spent the better part of the last half-century proclaiming “government can’t legislate morality” on any issue remotely moral. [snip]