Posted on 02/21/2012 11:55:07 PM PST by STARWISE
I really hope the government starts doing what The People want and the Constitution requires. The other option is not pleasant, but is coming much closer.
A tax implies that a citizen is funding a service funded by the government and carried out by the government independently.
The individual mandate demands citizen participation in the mandate through the purchase of a service that the citizen did not choose. If a citizen doesn't participate in the mandate then a fine is levied.
A tax does not imply coerced participation.
This is worse than a tax. This is tyranny.
Just in time to be too late.
Then it appears necessary to make the SCOTUS decision unnecessary by electing a Congress and president that will make it their first priority to revoke Obamacare in its entirety.
So, what happens if say, hypothetically, God willing, somehow Obamacare gets repealed before 2016? Does that make this SC issue moot?
Next question, what country to move to.
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Yep, and I’m sure glad my money wasn’t wasted when I bought that house elsewhere. I said I would not stay here if and when obongodeathcare took effect and I meant it. If this country is stupid enough to elect that Marxist again, it’s time for me to get out of here.
And there’s a serious chance of him being RE-ELECTED. Why?
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Because a certain part of the population will vote because he has a lighter shade of their own skin color. They don’t care who or what he is.
I think you are right. If 10 or more states don’t participate how can the progarm proceed? It can’t. Millions of peope will just not sign up for insurance because they cannot afford it. If you are not due a refund on your tax return there is not much the IRS can do about it.
And yet they are already spending taxpayer money on it...
This is hysterical babble.
The hearing is going to determine if it is a tax, and regardless, that is just one part of the argument.
The court will not wait to rule against the law until 2016. I would bet money on that. They will rule by next summer as they always do.
Talk about a headline guaranteed to make a stomach drop! 2016 far too late to save America.
I thought Obamacare wasn’t a tax.
Gingrich is RIGHT!!! Time to start Impeaching judges!
The Supreme Court is more like a “FOOD Court” because they are a bunch of chickens at OFC!
Ugh, you said it, thouworm... :-(
Thanks for the ping!
I just started the Constitution 101 course that Hillsdale College offers. I am very excited to learn more about and study the intent of the framers.
There is one common thread in my research and in the thinking of those philosophers that the founders had studied and that is “consent of the governed”. This idea is really the crux of everything. Not enough of us realize this. It is our responsibility to make sure we KNOW the people we vote for. KNOW who we are sending to represent us. We cannot afford anymore, to allow people to win election based on the color of their skin, how much money they have or whether they “seem like a nice fellow” or not. This is what got us into this mess in the first place. Americans by in large could care less about politics. Or at least, are content to let others care enough to make the decisions for them.
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. Without it, these @ssholes couldn’t do what they are doing. We put them where they are and we can damn sure take them out. We only need enough of us to know that and do something about it.
Amen! You are dead on! We have to take power back. Simple as that.
IMPEACH THE WHOLE SUPREME COURT FOR NON-FEASANCE! It’s time to take our country back from the pimps of the law industry. It no longer has any appearance of JUSTICE!
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