Charles Fried: Yes, Government Can Make You Buy Broccoli

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  February 2nd at 01:26 PM  | 

In a classic example of “something that would’ve been more useful yesterday,” Senate Democrats today held a hearing in the Judiciary Committee on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. One of the guests was Charles Fried, a prominent Harvard Law professor. When Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked a question of Fried today about the so-called “broccoli mandate” hypothetical — which gets to the question of | Read More »