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Obamacare threatens U.S. future

By REP. MICHELE BACHMANN & REP. STEVE KING | 3/19/10 12:11 PM EDT

Liberals have long dreamed of putting the government in charge of America’s health insurance industry. Each time they tried, the American people have stood up and rejected a government takeover of health care.

This is different. The stakes are higher and government-run health care advocates are more united than ever before. They believe their political future depends on this bill’s passage.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel set the tone in November 2008. “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,â€