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John Boehner: “The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.”

On the recordJuly 4, 2012
The government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on Tuesday.

Editor's note · Context

Boehner uses a hyperbolic example to criticize the government's authority under the health care law.

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