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SCOTUS LIVEBLOG - Obamacare Mandate Survives [W:125, 384, 635, 652, 758, 1205]

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It actually was discussed at length, and argued in briefs and before the Court.

Your president stated that the Mandate wasn't a tax before the Act was passed.
 
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It's not a tax people.

LOL.

 
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I heard it was 6-3.

On the SCOTUS blog:

10:23

Amy Howe:
The Court does not reach severability issues, having upheld the mandate 5-4.

Sorry, I don't have any verifiable sources. I can tell you though that Roberts is giving the majority opinion.
 
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Damn. Damn Damn Damn. Apparently they bought that it was a tax, Roberts has sided with the left of the Court.

Typical mindnumbingly stupid far-right comment -- 'the left of the court'... He's a conservative judge and he made a conservative ruling.

Jesus, you people eat that Fox News / Limbaugh crap up like candy.


the Medicaid expansion was "limited but not invalidated"

Good. People in red states will get sick an die off.
 
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America is your country now. You've beaten us.

No, America is still everyone's country. That's why it is a democracy.
 
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Well for starters, I'm not an illiterate **** who fails to notice that nothing in Article I, Section 8 says you can make citizens buy something just for living and breathing in the United States.


We cannot afford a grossly incompetent, functionally illiterate body in charge of upholding the rule of law as written. They are negligent in their duty, and there is no little hope of remedy. The system is broken beyond repair.

Which is why the Commerce Clause claim was thrown out.
 
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My take on things based on limited knowledge that may be incorrect.

The individual mandate was ruled as a tax, and a tax cannot be struck down as unconstitutional until it is implemented (which it has not yet). Obama also campaigned that this was definitely not a tax, which means he was either ignorant of what a tax really is, or he was lying in order to gain support and disprove accusations by Republicans that the mandate was a tax increase.

Part of the law mandated that states expand Medicaid. I believe that this was struck down as unconstitutional.
 
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Oh, yeah, I almost forgot...

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Now the states have an opt-out clause, correct?

Yes. They do not have to expand their medicare/medicaid programs.
 
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Typical mindnumbingly stupid far-right comment -- 'the left of the court'... He's a conservative judge and he made a conservative ruling.

what a fascinating claim. what other "conservatives" sided with him? :roll:
 
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My take on things based on limited knowledge that may be incorrect.

The individual mandate was ruled as a tax, and a tax cannot be struck down as unconstitutional until it is implemented (which it has not yet). Obama also campaigned that this was definitely not a tax, which means he was either ignorant of what a tax really is, or he was lying in order to gain support and disprove accusations by Republicans that the mandate was a tax increase.

Part of the law mandated that states expand Medicaid. I believe that this was struck down as unconstitutional.

Correct on both accounts.
 
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Then self-defense dictates what happens next.

Yeah, Okay General Lee. :roll:
 
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Well for starters, I'm not an illiterate **** who fails to notice that nothing in Article I, Section 8 says you can make citizens buy something just for living and breathing in the United States.

I understand that a LOT of people will be upset that they will be required to insure themselves and quit sucking on the gov't tit.

But at the end of the day, I don't see much of that changing. If they choose to be irresponsible for their health care before the law, I highly doubt they will change anything because some law says they have to.

And we aren't just going to let them die. Somehow or another, we'll still get stuck with their medical bills.
 
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The main benefit of the Act is to provide subsidies to working people who can't afford to buy it on their own and who don't get it through their employer. That is what extends insurance to 30 million people who don't have it.

The main problem with the act is that it's going to take additional monies from MY POCKET to pay for that subsidy.... for people who I don't believe deserve it in the first place.
 
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Are you going to round us up and force us into exile. It's your country now...not ours.
LOL....you are taking this really hard. Are you saying you have no health insurance?
 
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He's a liar- what else would you expect?

the relevant portion:

STEPHANOPOULOS: …during the campaign. Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t. How is that not a tax?

OBAMA: Well, hold on a second, George. Here — here’s what’s happening. You and I are both paying $900, on average — our families — in higher premiums because of uncompensated care. Now what I’ve said is that if you can’t afford health insurance, you certainly shouldn’t be punished for that. That’s just piling on. If, on the other hand, we’re giving tax credits, we’ve set up an exchange, you are now part of a big pool, we’ve driven down the costs, we’ve done everything we can and you actually can afford health insurance, but you’ve just decided, you know what, I want to take my chances. And then you get hit by a bus and you and I have to pay for the emergency room care, that’s…

STEPHANOPOULOS: That may be, but it’s still a tax increase.

OBAMA: No. That’s not true, George. The — for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it’s saying is, is that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I’m not covering all the costs.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But it may be fair, it may be good public policy…

OBAMA: No, but — but, George, you — you can’t just make up that language and decide that that’s called a tax increase.
 
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Your president stated that the Mandate wasn't a tax before the Act was passed.

I would agree that it isn't a tax. It's a tax PENALTY on anyone who violates the Act.
 
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We cannot afford a grossly incompetent, functionally illiterate body in charge of upholding the rule of law as written. They are negligent in their duty, and there is no little hope of remedy. The system is broken beyond repair.
When we have a grossly incompetent, functionally illiterate population who are easily led, that is what we end up with.
 
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form.

The mission statement of the United States is such that this federal government must be un-made if we are to hold to it.

Jefferson Davis much?:lamo
 
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Your message is racist. I have no time for those BS ideas.

It violates the TOS to call me a racist. Focus on the message not me personally. Big victory for African America.
 
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Well for starters, I'm not an illiterate **** who fails to notice that nothing in Article I, Section 8 says you can make citizens buy something just for living and breathing in the United States.


We cannot afford a grossly incompetent, functionally illiterate body in charge of upholding the rule of law as written. They are negligent in their duty, and there is no little hope of remedy. The system is broken beyond repair.

But my point is, here's a bunch of people who have been studying law and the Constitution for years and years. You're saying that you know more than they do about the Constitution. That's like saying you know more about basketball than Phil Jackson.
 
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No, America is still everyone's country. That's why it is a democracy.

No it's not. It definitely is not my country and that's why I just sent an email to the offices of both Massachusetts Senators asking how one goes about renouncing one's US Citizenship.
 
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I understand that a LOT of people will be upset that they will be required to insure themselves and quit sucking on the gov't tit.

says who? the mandate is a couple of grand - but insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny me for any reason. I can pocket an average of $10K a year and remain effectively covered for any actual health problems by not buying.
 
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