[JLS]

Steyn tells another strange story from the recent UK election involving government health care and maybe privacy.

[JLS]

Steyn ping opportunity.

[JennysCool]

An extremely important Steyn piece. Thanks for the post!

[Tax-chick]

So a quantum leap in targeted marketing has just been made: The governing party of a free society was able to identify women with breast cancer in swing constituencies and send them a postcard warning that if you vote for the opposition they’ll cut off your chemo and kill you.

This is surprising only because it's so desperately tacky.

[dead]

Man that is creepy. And it is our future.

[GreyMountainReagan]

btt

[GraceG]

So I see you threw out a McDonalds Wrapper yesterday, why are you trying to kill the planet, you must vote democrat in order to save yourself the guilt of knowingly killing the planet.

[Albion Wilde]

from the article:

"In a high-tech world, Big Government takes big liberties, in every sense. In this respect, it seems relevant that the biggest employment boost from ObamaCare will be 16,500 new …doctors? nurses? hospital janitors? No. IRS agents, hired to determine whether your health-care arrangements are government-compliant. I wonder what they’ll need to know about you to establish that – and how they’ll go about finding out."

(emphasis mine)

[Jack Hydrazine]

The UK leads the West into the Abyss of Destruction and America follows blindly and ignorantly along. Best to cut our ties now while we still have a chance.

[irv]

it seems relevant that the biggest employment boost from ObamaCare will be 16,500 new …doctors? nurses? hospital janitors? No. IRS agents, hired to determine whether your health-care arrangements are government-compliant. I wonder what they’ll need to know about you to establish that – and how they’ll go about finding out.

This is what big government means. The Bundestat needs your help to check up on your neighbors. Don't worry. It's for their own good. We just want them to live better lives OR ELSE.