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{{Opinion|America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009|Act should be passed|against}}
{{Opinion|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Act should be passed|against}}

Latest revision as of 14:30, March 11, 2010

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Author(s) Rich Lowry
Source New York Post
Date January 15, 2010
URL http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/15/another_rank_deal_99912.html
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Quotes-start.png "But pressure from the unions has now forced the White House to agree to raise the $23,000-per-household threshold of the tax slightly and - more importantly - exempt insurance plans that are the product of collective-bargaining agreements until 2018. This Labor Loophole stands in the finest tradition of the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback. With no possible public-policy justification, it puts the awesome power to tax and spend at the service of nakedly political ends." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.