6. The mandate will now force them to spend money on insurance they maynot want, rather than using those funds to run and grow theirbusinesses.If this law is not overturned, then all citizensshould be prepared for the long arm of the federal government to reacheven further into how we choose to live our lives, spend our money andpursue our own definitions of happiness.
Health-care reform istoo important to be based on an unconstitutional mandate. Smallbusinesses need the judicial system—if necessary, the U.S. SupremeCourt—to overturn this law to protect them from having to pay for astatute that causes them more harm than good and ultimately infringeson all Americans' personal freedoms.




Mr. Danner ispresident and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business(NFIB), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to promote andprotect the rights of small businesses to own, operate and grow theirbusinesses.