According to Business Insider’s Josh Barro, our choice of health insurance is something we can take or leave. But we’d better cling fast to Big Government with all our might!
Before you do anything today better run it by @jbarro b/c you're an idiot and he knows what's best for you. https://t.co/jJjaPImGbZ
— Drew McCoy (@DrewMTips) October 29, 2013
He sure does! Observe, peasants:
Vast swathes of policy are based on the correct presumption that people don't know what's best for them. Nothing new. http://t.co/RmKSaIPP3p
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 29, 2013
Elitist technocrats are also the ones making you buy pasteurized milk and buy cars with seat belts.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 29, 2013
I can't figure out if the people acting outraged at me about this are stupid or disingenuous. Or both. Probably both.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 29, 2013
Silly rubes, believing in the freedom to choose!
BREAKING: Some decisions are best left up to individuals, others are best restricted by policy.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 29, 2013
Radical, fascist idea: government should collect taxes from everyone and make them educate their children, whether they like it or not.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 29, 2013
Shorter Barro:
"Shut up", Josh Barro explained.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 29, 2013
"Explaining the Constitution the way it should have been" – by Josh Barro.
— Brad Cundiff (@bradcundiff) October 29, 2013
Indeed. The Founding Fathers were totes trippin’ when they championed individual rights.
Foundation of progressive politics @jbarro incorrect assumption that hacks and wonks know what's best for misguided, ignorant others
— Jim Branch (@jamesbranch3) October 29, 2013
Well now we know why Josh Barro is one of Obama's favorite writers. Same smug dishonest contempt for we The Unwashed.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) October 29, 2013
@jbarro We're just helpless minions! Tell is what to do, oh wise Government!! #freedom
— Christie (@RepRepublic) October 29, 2013
@jbarro Take it, peon, and like it!
— Drew Belsky (@DJB627) October 29, 2013
@jbarro explains Healthcare Plan 9 from Outer Space https://t.co/IKNatYzW3u
HT @ARTofCOOP— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 29, 2013
Thank goodness we’ve got someone like Josh Barro to show us the light.
I wonder if people like @jbarro include themselves among those who don't know what is best for them? (kidding, I know the answer)
— Winston Coolidge (@winstoncoolidge) October 29, 2013
So do we.
@jbarro Everybody but you is crazy, eh.
— Stuart (@Ringo6) October 29, 2013
Except you, right? MT @jbarro Vast swathes of policy are based on the correct presumption that people don't know what's best for them.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) October 29, 2013
But of course! Only leftists are in tune with our wants and needs.
@jbarro Fortunate that we have a single political party and its media wing to dictate to everyone which is which.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) October 29, 2013
Citizens are rightly repulsed by Barro’s shameless statism:
@NolteNC Looks like @jbarro got his logic training from a Common Core curriculum. #derp
— John Wehrle (@jwehrle) October 29, 2013
You mean "re-educate," comrade. "@jbarro …government should collect taxes from everyone and make them educate their children…"
— Yes, Nick $earcy! (@yesnicksearcy) October 29, 2013
Hey, it worked for the Soviets, right? https://t.co/cWbZ6XkQeY
— Peter Cook (@Slublog) October 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/395234668405985280
Arbeit macht frei. RT @jbarro: Vast swathes of policy are based on the correct presumption that people don't know what's best for them.
— Alo Konsen (@OhioCoastie) October 29, 2013
An elitist primal scream MT @jbarro Vast swathes of policy are based on the correct presumption that people don't know what's best for them.
— Is Mise Moira ☘ ن (@Moira1987) October 29, 2013
That’s a perfect description.
@jbarro you're embarrassing yourself today. Meanwhile, I'll be checking the Constitution for the liberties guaranteed through policy.
— Peter E. Rose (@Simplekindoffan) October 29, 2013
No, @jbarro. You & the government do NOT know what is best for me. You don’t even KNOW me.
— Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) October 29, 2013
Dear @jbarro: At lunch, should I have the regular french fries, or go for the sweet potato fries? I don’t know which ones are best for me.
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 29, 2013
Josh Barro, saving conservatism one gigantic appeal to the regulatory state at a time.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 29, 2013
@jbarro What exactly qualifies you to decide what's best for anybody? Follow up: What exactly qualifies you to work anywhere but Taco Bell?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 29, 2013
I prefer @jbarro to most other anti-freedom liberals in one important respect…at least he's honest about his contempt for people.
— Drew McCoy (@DrewMTips) October 29, 2013
True, but it doesn’t make him any more appealing.
Prob best for this guy to STFU. MT @jbarro: Vast swathes of policy are based on correct presumption that ppl don't know what's best 4 them
— Krystle (@TarheelKrystle) October 29, 2013
That’s a tall order. Might take some help:
@jbarro needs a wise technocrat to tell him to shut up. https://t.co/1ovKpFRXIG
— Maxwell (@maxplaining) October 29, 2013
Heh.
It's okay. We've got you all figured out. MT @jbarro I can't figure out if the people acting outraged at me are stupid or disingenuous.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) October 29, 2013
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