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Jason Smith: “Forcing citizens to buy a product they simply didn't want or suffer a tax penalty is un-American.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
Forcing citizens to buy a product they simply didn't want or suffer a tax penalty is un-American.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes the individual mandate of ObamaCare as coercive and un-American.

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