[100American]

The money quote from the post above, we need to vote the right people in and not wait for the court to rule in our favor

“The only hopeful aspect of the ObamaCare decision is that it may encourage greater wisdom in electing our CongressCritters and Presidents. I hate to end on a sour note, but how likely does that seem?”

[Iron Munro]

Look at it this way -

One man, through his convoluted reasoning, just made a decision that will guarantee the country incur so much debt that it will end up destroying the dollar and will continue Obama’s destruction of the middle class.

ONE MAN!

[Signalman]

The thesis appears to be that just as the Congress can tax the purchase of gasoline, so can it tax the non-purchase of gasoline and therefore the non-purchase of insurance.

This is insanity. You can be taxed for NOT doing something or not buying something.

Citizen: "But I don't want to buy a Chevy Volt"
Govt.: "Fine, just pay the 2500 tax, and we'll be even".

[SteelTrap]

Look on the bright side. Those anti-Republican guys like Ron Paul? Happily their philosophy didn’t advance with this ruling. Thank G-d we have real conservative Republicans appointing strict Constitutionalist to the court, otherwise the jihadis may kill us for our freedoms.

[Ron C.]

But, all of that verbiage from Roberts is inconsequential - it means nothing, as it is referred to as 'dicta' - or, is a statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative though not binding, because of the lack of authority.

Congress can make a law, but even a Chief Justice can not. Now we will see an attempt to create such law, but it cannot be created, as this House of Reps won't pass such law.

Roberts made things much worse than if he has simply voted against this monster, and kept his conservative credentials, which he has now destroyed.

[Vince Ferrer]

Roberts changed us from a republic to a democracy.

[Frank Sheed]

All I know for sure is that the members of the Executive, the Legislative and Judicial branches of government are all exempt from this horrendous law and only the drones must worry about it. The definition of that is an oligarchy...

[justa-hairyape]

So its debtors prison for a debt you did not make.

[DanMiller]

The main point of the article, which I wrote and posted here and was kindly re-posted by TPT, is that the Supreme Court created a terrible precedent to save a law not authorized under the Commerce Clause.

The Court cites no case where the power to tax a purchase has encompassed the power to tax for not making a purchase. Indeed, it explicitly equated the non-purchase of gasoline to the taxable purchase of gasoline.

If the failure to buy something is taxable, as the decision holds, how about the failure to buy approved mothers' day presents, to buy approved solar power equipment or to install approved home insulation? Can non-actions not involving purchases be taxed? The failure to vote, perhaps? Even the failure to vote for approved candidates? I don't know. No constitutional limits are suggested by the decision.

The problems created by the decision cannot be cured simply by repealing ObamaCare or by electing good people to the Congress or to the Presidency (good things all). Even if that helps temporarily, there is no reason to assume that it will work indefinitely. We have a problem and there may be no viable solution.