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By Jennifer J. Foster

Published: October 28, 2009

Make about 10 minutes today to read Rich Galen’s latest column, “Tenth Amendment.“

It deals with the “scam” (and yes, I agree with that characterization) of Harry Reid’s surprise opt-out public option.

As usual, you can learn things from Rich. Today, he’ll explain why, if the government passes Reid’s version, you need to hope you live until 2016.

Then again, when you see the numbers involved on the budget end of Reid’s plan, maybe you won’t want to be around in 2016.

Also, there’s this absolute gem of a sentence, describing the government’s way of using federal dollars to “encourage” certain behaviors from the states:

In civilian life this is known as “coercion” and will buy you some time in the slammer. In government this is known as sophisticated legislating and will buy you a sub-committee chairmanship.

Bam.

Check out Rich’s latest piece here.