The fact that an individual mandate to purchase health insurance — health insurance — is even up for a vote tonight means that the defenders of liberty have lost this battle. Why we’ve lost is no mystery. Those of us who should have known better have not only failed to respond to these ruffians the way ruffians should be responded to back when we had a chance of winning, but we have also continued to produce for them.
Knowing how we lost does not necessarily make it blindingly obvious how we can realistically win again. I don’t want martyrs. And if martyrs are required, I want as few as possible, or better yet, a way for the beneficiaries to absorb a small, manageable amount of martyrdom. But I don’t know how yet. I’ve been thinking about it for over a year now, and while I’ve had some important insights, I still don’t know the best way. Everyone keep working on it.
I know the best way, but nobody wants to hear it for some reason. Email me.