That's how The Wall Street Journal describes the 1,990-page "health bill" that Nanny Pelosi unveiled last week. If anything, WSJ sugar-coated it. Among the many "features" of the bill are some which are likely unconstitutional, such as the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance or face heavy penalties.
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has served in the Senate for 33 years and is a longtime member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not believe the Democrats’ health-care reform plan is constitutionally justifiable, noting that if the federal government can force Americans to buy health insurance “then there is literally nothing the federal government can’t force us to do.”
This is roughly akin to the feds suddenly deciding that because milk has vitamins and minerals and is therefore "good for you", then everybody should be required to purchase milk. You may, for reasons of your own, prefer not to buy it. Your preferences, however, no longer matter, because milk purchase is now a requirement. You will buy it, or suffer the consequences for your failure to comply.
If you want to drive, most states require that you pass a test, register and license the vehicle, and purchase insurance, correct?
Actually, no. Most states require that you either purchase vehicle insurance or demonstrate that you possess sufficient financial resources to render such purchase unnecessary. The states don't require you to purchase insurance or to provide similar assurance unless you choose to drive on public roadways.
If you have a large ranch, for example, and if you drive only on that ranch, you are not required to pass a test, to pay registration and license fees, nor to purchase insurance in order to drive a vehicle (on your own property). What democrats hope to ram through is entirely different: it is an attempt to impose a federal requirement that you purchase a specific product, and this is far outside the purview of government in the USA. Or, it has been - until now.
This is but one of several egregious attempts during the past month - all at the hands of democrats - to permanently degrade your freedom.
Democrats during the past month placed an amendment on a defense appropriations bill to make speech against homosexual conduct a thought crime. The President joined with Egypt to sponsor a U.N. resolution that would ban speech that "defames religion" (though presumably exemptions were inserted into the language so that Jews and Christians can continue to have their beliefs urinated upon).
BO campaigned (his only real accomplishment to date) on a message of "hope and change". That was the message - but it was likely only because the fawning media had dyslexic issues. The real message was likely "dope and change".
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