This thirty-second television spot is the latest aspect of HealthSourceRI that Rhode Islanders should feel just oversteps the appropriate bounds for government:

As a functional matter, I’ll say once again: The government shouldn’t be acting like a start-up company.  On the substance, Chris Caramela tweeted it well: “Love RI’s new healthcare ad, 1st to declare independence, 1st in industrial revolution.. Then they leave out… 1st to give back both!!!”

The fact is that Rhode Island was second last to ratify the Constitution.  With respect to Constitutional Amendments, we specifically rejected the income tax and prohibition of alcohol and only just ratified a change in the U.S. Senate election process this year.  Rhode Island’s history is one of suspicion of centralized authority, and it is an insult to the state for government operatives to claim that heritage while obliterating its principles.