Death by 1000 “Shalls”
The analysis is rolling in for the House health care bill and the word shall appears a lot, over three thousand times.
The word “shall” - as in “must” or “required to” - appears over 3,000 times.
It’s actually mentioned 3424 times. That’s the quantifiable evidence of the government control in this bill. Shall is not a word that indicates choice. Instead, it indicates a mandate. Shall is used in things that citizens will now be required to do. It’s also used in things the government will now be able to do, including a host of new bureaucracies.