the fact that the government could force you to buy health insurance or fine(tax) you for not having it, but not require you to show identification to vote is hilarious.
and to the idiot that automation is killing jobs? that is something that people understand. with progress comes some drawbacks. but with that automation, and i work with and around a shit ton of it, comes higher paying skilled jobs. just because their are robots doesn't mean people are gone. someone had to design that technology, had to implement that technology and you have to have people to work on these things to keep them running. they aren't magic machines. we have a ton of them here where i work. and we have less entry level positions now because of them, but we also have more skilled positions that pay more to help keep these things running. it does result in a net loss in terms of total people, but a net gain in the salaries being drawn by those here. but there are still jobs here. ship this place to mexico and there are no jobs here.
So you pretty much agreed with everything I said. A modernized higher paid work force, but still resulting in a net loss in jobs.