This mandate has mystified me from day one, on the notion that if the federal government can compel you to buy health insurance, what CAN'T it make you do? still haven't seen the counterargument that stops that in its tracks.
I know why it's essential to make the plan work - I'm not exactly a Tea Party kind of guy, heh - but there's an "end justifies the means" angle here that's a bit troubling. You wind up with Obama vehemently scolding critics who call it a "tax" while his Attorney General calls it a tax in court.
"In ruling against President Obama‘s health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama‘s own position from the 2008 campaign against him, arguing that there are other ways to tackle health care short of requiring every American to purchase insurance.
“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that ‘if a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’” Judge Vinson wrote in a footnote toward the end of the 78-page ruling Monday."
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for those who prefer a Washington Post version....
(oh, and if someone starts a "Who wants to take a stab at Sarah Palin" thread, I expect tracymorgan to chime in quickly, lol)
I know why it's essential to make the plan work - I'm not exactly a Tea Party kind of guy, heh - but there's an "end justifies the means" angle here that's a bit troubling. You wind up with Obama vehemently scolding critics who call it a "tax" while his Attorney General calls it a tax in court.
"In ruling against President Obama‘s health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama‘s own position from the 2008 campaign against him, arguing that there are other ways to tackle health care short of requiring every American to purchase insurance.
“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that ‘if a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’” Judge Vinson wrote in a footnote toward the end of the 78-page ruling Monday."
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for those who prefer a Washington Post version....
(oh, and if someone starts a "Who wants to take a stab at Sarah Palin" thread, I expect tracymorgan to chime in quickly, lol)
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