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Re: SCOTUS LIVEBLOG - Obamacare Mandate Survives-Part 2
As it stands, Obamacare is a tax plan and as such can be repealed by the people. If you want it gone, vote out Obama. If you dont want to be taxed by the state for not doing what they command, vote against liberals at every level. Taxes are harder to get through congress then some sneaky expansion of the commerce clause. But elections have consequences. Electing Obama and giving him super majorities in both houses was a big mistake. But it is not something that cant be undone.
I really dont find his decision all that horrible. Look, the federal government already has the power to compel us into programs like SS medicare and medicaid. What he said was that the government cannot compel us to buy a private product but could tax us if we dont. The state shouldnt IMHO, have that power, but they do and the have for years. Had the dems just voted to expand medicare to cover everyone, it would have been constitutional, so socialized medicine, while repugnant will certainly be found constitutional when it ultimately happens--which it will.Word is that Chief Justice Roberts is experiencing cognitive decline as a result of his epilepsy medicine. Medications have a helluva an impact on people's ability to think. That's why lots of lawyers and doctors ultimately decide to retire.
As it stands, Obamacare is a tax plan and as such can be repealed by the people. If you want it gone, vote out Obama. If you dont want to be taxed by the state for not doing what they command, vote against liberals at every level. Taxes are harder to get through congress then some sneaky expansion of the commerce clause. But elections have consequences. Electing Obama and giving him super majorities in both houses was a big mistake. But it is not something that cant be undone.