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Wraithkin said, 11 months ago
Sadly, this seems to be increasingly the case.
charliekane said, 11 months ago
Ah’d keep an eye on that Romney feller. He done the same thing to them Massawhoshans.
Puttem under the hammer ’n sickle he did!
Heavy B said, 11 months ago
Yes, I can totally see why health care leads to no longer being a free country. But just out of curiosity, how many CONservatives had health care before this point?
bhinkle said, 11 months ago
Wait – you mean I can either 1) pay millions for my employees’ health insurance or 2) pay a non-tax/tax for much less?
Oooo Obama is sticking it to business, just like he did with his credit card “reform”. Made my interest rate go up for “no” reason (thanks to the long wait for implementation) & the CC Co.’s making more. Thanks for the consumer reform, Barack.
mikefive said, 11 months ago
TAX! PENALTY!…
TAX! PENALTY!…
TAX! PENALTY!…
bhinkle said, 11 months ago
Either way – going to cost those who are working. Always does.
Just one reason Change is NOT ALWAYS good.
dtroutma
said, 11 months ago
Maybe if all the those objecting to “Obamacare”, which is ACA, as written in large part by REPUBLICANS, find themselves with leukemia or ALS, and have their children born with CF, or CP, and NO JOB because Bain closed down their employer, THEN ask them about providing basic medical care for all?
ruff
said, 11 months ago
See that fly on your wall ? This is no ordinary fly. It is a mini drone checking on you, to make sure you follow all the government rules and regulations. Don’t swat it, or you will be charged with destroyng government property. 1984, update !
pirate227 said, 11 months ago
The sky is falling!
Oh… wait… that’s not true.
petergrt said, 11 months ago
A statement directly from Justice Roberts’ opinion:
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Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.
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0bama and the Democrats will have fun in this election season . . . .!!!
lonecat said, 11 months ago
As a non-Marxist leftist, I share the concern of many on the right that the government can get too powerful. I grew up in the segregated South, and I saw a lot of bad government by the States. Then I cut my political teeth protesting against Lyndon Johnson’s war policy. I’m something of an anarchist, by my understanding the of the tradition, but I don’t limit my fears to the government — I would hate to be governed by the Catholic Church, for example, and I don’t much like the power that corporations have over our culture right now. But I’m also something of a pragmatist. I want to see what promotes freedom in real terms and what reduces it in real terms. For instance, I think compulsory public education promotes freedom in the long run. I would not want to turn the education system over the churches. I also think that a national health insurance system promotes freedom. I don’t see a slippery slope here — I just don’t believe that the US government is going to force people to buy broccoli.
braindead08 said, 11 months ago
Invasion of Iraq for false reasons is certainly NOT an example of govt intrusion.
But, improving health care for people IS.
Eryx
said, 11 months ago
@bhinkle
“Just one reason Change is NOT ALWAYS good” Another is that it can mess up your vacuum cleaner. And another is that it is a hassle at the airport to wait for people to unload theirs into the little dish.
Clark Kent said, 11 months ago
Reality check, people, it never was protection against either government or corporate intrusion.
Wraithkin said, 11 months ago
@Heavy B
Most likely most of us. Since most conservatives are the ones paying into the system. See how those broad statements really have no validity? Wake up, Heavy.
The issue at hand with the Roberts’ decision is that he just said that the federal government can force you to do virtually anything as long as it’s under the premise of that activity generating a tax. If you go back to 1775, that’s precisely why they had the Boston Tea Party in the first place. The tax was imposed 6 years prior, but the declaration handed down by England that empowered the King to do whatever the heck he wanted (like forcing Americans to purchase tea from a specific supplier) and called it a procedural act is what really spurred the revolt.
My issue is exactly that: I am losing my ability to say “no” to a government program. They are forcing me to make a choice: Do this or pay a “tax” (read: fine). In effect, they are criminalizing not having insurance.
What’s next? What else can they force us to “participate in?” With this ruling, there is effectively nothing to stop them from applying a “tax” to anything. “Buy a car, or pay a ’didn’t buy car’ tax.” Maybe “Unionize, or pay a non-unionized tax!” Or … “Have a gym membership or pay a non-gym-membership tax!” See how ludicrous those things are? But this ruling opens the door and paves the way to these such things. And it is completely contrary to the 18 specific and enumerated powers of Congress in the US Constitution. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves right now, and I don’t blame them.