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On a video posted on his campaign site and YouTube, Fred Thompson wonders aloud why liberals think the best way to help people is to punish them. He's talking about Hillary Clinton's latest healthcare plan.

Of course, Hillary's most famous healthcare plan - the one she created back when Bill Clinton was President, also included punishment for people who didn't toe the Big Government line. That plan - which, thankfully, never became law - would have imposed a $25,000 fine on people who purchased medical care outside their cooperative. If you had a sick child in the middle of the night and went across the street to your doctor neighbor, but he wasn't in the government-designated "cooperative" to which you were assigned, both the doctor and you would have faced $25,000 fines.

You can also see the latest Fred video at Fred08.com

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