So if an individual mandate can fix the healthcare problem why can't this approach be applied to other problems?
Why not have an individual mandate for employment? Criminalize not having a job.
That way everyone has to have a job. Instant unemployment solution. If someone can't find a job, then a robust public option can be provided.
Even better these government supported jobs will keep private employers honest and give important work in governance. Needless to say regulation will be required to keep private employers honest in the jobs pool.
Those that stubbornly refuse to comply can be put on community service, and have their food, shelter, and healthcare needs provided for.
Yes, it sounds insane (or I should hope it does) but what functional difference is there between a healthcare mandate and an employment mandate?
If the government can force you to purchase one heavily regulated product merely for existing why not another? Why not force you to do well, almost anything?
What is the rational for the goverment saying what you have to do with your body? Is it really your own body if the care and maintenance of it is mandated to you from the government?
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