I’ve already explained that the Obamacare contraception-coverage controversy is about economics and religious liberty, not birth control.
But now that the debate has been transformed by the remarks of a Georgetown student, this cartoon seems rather appropriate.
The bubble quotes in the cartoon do a good job of capturing the statist mentality. They want me to leave them alone (which I’m happy to do), but they won’t leave me alone.
So here’s a deal for Ms. Fluke and her fellow travelers. I’ll agree to you doing whatever you want behind closed doors (heck, you can even leave the doors open, as far as I’m concerned). But, in exchange, I want you to leave me alone, which means I don’t want to pay higher taxes OR higher insurance premiums to subsidize your birth control.
In a nutshell, this is the non-aggression principle that motivates libertarianism.
I’m quite disappointed, by the way, that the cartoon portrays the student in an unflattering light. This is the mistake Rush made (not for the first time), and it enables the left to deflect attention from the real issue of whether the government should be mandating subsidies.
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