"[The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes;”
The judge made the commonsense ruling that U.S. government did not have the power to force a person to buy a product. The Progressives who passed this law will try to say the commerce clause gives them the power. But do you really think the people who voted for the Constitution believe it was giving that power to the government? A constitution that LIMITS the power of government, especially noted in the Bill of Rights (i.e. the first ten amendments)!
The leftist say you are force to buy auto insurance - but that is true only if your own and drive a car. I once tried to get auto insurance without owning a car and was rejected (I wanted to avoid the high cost of rental car insurance). The leftist argument can be rejected in two ways: (1) it would force everyone to subsidize mass transit, just in case they might board a bus or train. (2) it would force all those who don't own cars to buy auto insurance. I am sure the Amish would be pleased to do that.
The leftist say that those who don't have insurance and can't pay force others to pay in higher premiums and costs. Well then should everyone buy food insurance and rent insurance? Because we are forced to pay for higher food cost to subsided the poor through food stamps and welfare aid.
If the leftist want to lower hospital emergency room costs, let them change to rule that hospitals are required to give emergency aid. There is no need to totally eliminate it - just change the rules to eliminate those that abuse the system.
Monday, January 31, 2011
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