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To: jazusamo; All
Crist could make constitutionally indefensible Obamacare Democratcare even better by doing the following. Since the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for public healthcare purposes, Crist needs to help "misguided" Congress establish Obamacare within the framework of the Constitution by doing this.

Crist needs to work with federal and state lawmakers to propose a healthcare amendment to the states for ratification as required by the Constitution's Article V. And if the Article V supermajority of states should choose to ratify the proposed amendment, then Congress will have the constitutional authority that it actually needs to establish a national healthcare program and Crist will be a hero.

In the meanwhile, note that the states already have the 10th Amendment-protected power to individually establish their own healthcare programs. This is evidenced by Massachusetts's RomneyCare. So the states may want to experiment their own healthcare programs for now instead of letting Congress establish a national program.

19 posted on 03/09/2014 12:24:16 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10

That statement should disqualify him from as much as running for Dog Catcher in Hollywierd.


20 posted on 03/09/2014 12:25:38 PM PDT by DAC21
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