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W. Todd Akin: “I had a telephone town hall with my constituents last night, and I just asked them whether they thought it was a good…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I had a telephone town hall with my constituents last night, and I just asked them whether they thought it was a good idea for the government to be taking this over. And it was about 90 percent even said they just don't trust the government to do that. It's that freedom point. It's that idea of do we want a bureaucrat telling us what to do, what doctor can treat us and all? And we are mandated to buy this? Of course the minor point of that is that's unconstitutional. The government can't force you to buy something. And so that's unconstitutional on the face of it. Just absolutely amazing.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Mar 17, 2010

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The speaker discusses constituents' distrust of government involvement in healthcare.

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