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Prescription for tyranny: Under the guise of dealing with health emergencies, proposed legislation would grant states totalitarian powers while actually hurting state sovereignty. (Health Care).
A dangerous new epidemic is incubating in Washington and in state legislatures nationwide, courtesy of the war on terrorism. No, it isn't anthrax or smallpox or bubonic plague or some other deadly germ brewed by bioterrorists. It's a new push, instigated by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to toughen state emergency health powers" laws to enable governors, in conjunction with federal authorities, to exercise police-state powers in the event of another episode of bioterrorism, or even a natural epidemic.
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