Showing posts with label PPACA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PPACA. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
A Response for Those Who Think Republicans Prevented Unity
In response to a facebook commenter who hadn't yet made up their mind whether or not they would be voting for Obama again, I made the following arguments. I felt they were good enough to post here. I am also willing to take some criticism on the argument. I would like for this argument to be a rock solid response for anyone who claims that the President hasn't gotten any support from the Republicans. Many times, Republicans have come to the table to hash out disagreements. What were the results?
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
SCOTUS Decision Has Lasting Ramifications
The SCOTUS decision on the PPACA (ObamaCare) has lasting ramifications. Their decision was not about the PPACA or the Individual Mandate. Their decision is levelled at the rights Congress has to raise and lower taxes. Essentially, PPACA stands because, as the SCOTUS rules, it is a tax*.
What does this ruling mean? Guess who owns GM... the government does. Is GM not doing so well? Then let's force everyone to buy a GM car. But that's not constitutional! It doesn't matter, attach a tax to it (with a penalty for not purchasing, of course) and now you are forced to own a GM car.
Congress decides that everyone must purchase an Apple computer. But that's not constitutional! It doesn't matter, attach a tax to it (with a penalty for not purchasing, of course) and now you are force to own an Apple computer.
You get the point. The SCOTUS has now ruled that Congress can tax behavior.
*Remember Obama telling us it is not a tax? Everyone else does:

What does this ruling mean? Guess who owns GM... the government does. Is GM not doing so well? Then let's force everyone to buy a GM car. But that's not constitutional! It doesn't matter, attach a tax to it (with a penalty for not purchasing, of course) and now you are forced to own a GM car.
Congress decides that everyone must purchase an Apple computer. But that's not constitutional! It doesn't matter, attach a tax to it (with a penalty for not purchasing, of course) and now you are force to own an Apple computer.
You get the point. The SCOTUS has now ruled that Congress can tax behavior.
*Remember Obama telling us it is not a tax? Everyone else does:

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