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To: HerrBlucher
Intrade is easily manipulated. Keep in mind that intrade was above 75% in favor of obamacare being ruled unconstitutional.....we all know how that worked

I have seen this come up each time Intrade comes up and it doesn't make sense to me. It was struck down as unconstitutional. It was changed to a tax and then upheld.

35 posted on 10/17/2012 9:10:02 AM PDT by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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To: justice14
I have seen this come up each time Intrade comes up and it doesn't make sense to me. It was struck down as unconstitutional. It was changed to a tax and then upheld.

It was not struck down as unconstitutional. It was upheld as constitutional. The Court said congress did not have authority under the commerce clause to force people to buy insurance, but did have the power under the taxing clause to impose a penalty upon them for failure to do so.

Anyway, the purpose of my post was not to argue the merits of the Obamacare decision, but to illustrate as others have said that Intrade is not a good indicator of outcomes.

43 posted on 10/17/2012 9:18:51 AM PDT by KevinB (We'll stop treating Obama like a dog when he stops treating us like a fire hydrant - Fred Grandy)
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To: justice14

Your picking nits.


44 posted on 10/17/2012 9:20:33 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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