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To: Noumenon

Through two very small blurbs, i.e. the “interstate commerce clause” and the “health and welfare clause”, the federal government has seized massive amounts of power that far exceed the true scope of the Constitution. It is ridiculous that the federal government even THINKS they have the power to seize and redistribute trillions of dollars and to federalize the entire health care industry on mere PIECES of sentences in the Constitution. If we had a judiciary that gave a damned for the Constitution, they would have slapped down the vast majority of legislation as unconstitutional decades ago.


34 posted on 08/11/2009 6:23:38 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Obamacare: all the efficiency of the DMV and all the compassion of the IRS.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
It is ridiculous that the federal government even THINKS they have the power to seize and redistribute trillions of dollars and to federalize the entire health care industry on mere PIECES of sentences in the Constitution.

Here's the problem - in a nutshell from the HERITAGE FOUNDATION

BTW, based on other articles, these numbers are VERY conservatve. Some have the unfunded liability of Medicare alone at more than, get this, One Hundred Trillion Dollars!

It is nothing more than their unconstitutional efforts to fix an unconstitutionally created problem they initiated in the first place. Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid along with a gaggle of other social "reforms" have yielded what some call the "Medicare Monster". These programs, especially Medicare, are black holes promulgated by unconscionable nonsense from earlier "progressive" movements such that we are now in technical bankruptcy.

If we had a judiciary that gave a damned for the Constitution, they would have slapped down the vast majority of legislation as unconstitutional decades ago.

The SCOTUS? They were apparently co-opted by Potomac Fever decades ago. The States, acting on our behalf may be our last and best hope.

38 posted on 08/11/2009 7:14:39 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (You have two choices and two choices only: SUBMIT or RESIST. Have I missed anything?)
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