January 7, 2012 11:06AM 

# Don’t Forget Romneycare 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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I’ve been [pretty](https://www.cato.org/rick-santorum-v-limited-government/) [critical](https://www.cato.org/michael-gerson-just-cant-get-enough-of-libertarianism/) of Rick Santorum lately, so it seems only fair to devote some attention to Mitt Romney. Take a look at this video Michael Cannon and I made last year:

And now for something not completely different, Tom Toles’s cartoon from Friday’s Washington Post:

![Media Name: Romneycare-twins.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/Romneycare-twins.gif?itok=o0as0cug) 

Meanwhile, Dan Mitchell warns that Mitt Romney seems suspiciously liable to [impose a value-added tax](https://www.cato.org/mitt-romney-the-value-added-tax-and-americas-european-future/) on the backs of American taxpayers.

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