http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/some-observations-on-prop-c.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 16:17:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/some-observations-on-prop-c.html/comment-page-1#comment-7618 Joe Nonnenkamp Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:28:13 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21202#comment-7618 It's very hard to spin a 71% passage of a bill against an Obama initiative in a state that Obama only lost by .2%. It’s very hard to spin a 71% passage of a bill against an Obama initiative in a state that Obama only lost by .2%.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/some-observations-on-prop-c.html/comment-page-1#comment-7610 Dave Roland Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21202#comment-7610 Actually, Mr. Duckworth, your comment kind of gets at the heart of the matter. Many advocates of the health care reform law do presume that citizens cannot be trusted to understand what is in their best interests, so it seems somewhat natural that they would extend this sort of thinking to apply to those voting their opposition to the individual health insurance mandate. I, on the other hand, fall into the camp that says people generally have a much better idea than government officials as to what is best for them - Prop C just gave Missourians a convenient way to express that Congress has no business dictating that citizens should buy something that they may neither want nor need. Actually, Mr. Duckworth, your comment kind of gets at the heart of the matter. Many advocates of the health care reform law do presume that citizens cannot be trusted to understand what is in their best interests, so it seems somewhat natural that they would extend this sort of thinking to apply to those voting their opposition to the individual health insurance mandate. I, on the other hand, fall into the camp that says people generally have a much better idea than government officials as to what is best for them – Prop C just gave Missourians a convenient way to express that Congress has no business dictating that citizens should buy something that they may neither want nor need.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/some-observations-on-prop-c.html/comment-page-1#comment-7608 Douglas Duckworth Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:25:30 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21202#comment-7608 Perhaps they are simply ignorant of how health-care reform benefits them ? Perhaps they are simply ignorant of how health-care reform benefits them ?

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/08/some-observations-on-prop-c.html/comment-page-1#comment-7605 How Many Democrats Voted for Prop C? | www.statehousecall.org Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:26:06 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=21202#comment-7605 [...] Dave Roland of the ShowMe Institute asks whether Tuesday’s vote on Missouri’s Prop C was simply the inevitable result of a Republican revolt against an unpopular president. Not so, he says: “a significant percentage of Democrats also voted in favor of Prop C.” [...] [...] Dave Roland of the ShowMe Institute asks whether Tuesday’s vote on Missouri’s Prop C was simply the inevitable result of a Republican revolt against an unpopular president. Not so, he says: “a significant percentage of Democrats also voted in favor of Prop C.” [...]

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