Saturday, June 30, 2012

I like this SCOTUS decision….John Boehner, Mitt Romney, Michell Bachmann pay attention

First, the decision is not what I expected. But the decision has been made. For most people, especially liberals they can at least expect a mild change in the conversation over the next forty years as Roe vs Wade takes a back seat to ObamaCare debacle as the topic that makes conservatives turn boorish.
No, I don’t like ObamaCare. I intend to vote in the fall to have the funding  cut off, even if that means shutting down the government. I thought I voted to cut off funding 2 years ago, even if it meant shutting down the government, but as Chief Justice Roberts observed the people we elect expect someone else to act like grown ups so they don’t have to. Well now our Representatives and Senators have no choice. Big daddy won’t bail them out of their mess anymore. Big Daddy won’t clean up after them anymore.
But that still isn’t why I like it. And if you are still with me there is a gem in that decision that could change the future of America for young people in the most positive way since Woodrow Wilson was elected. John Roberts observed that the Congress determined to tax people to pay for health care and Congress extended to the people the option to purchase private insurance in lieu of direct tax payment. He determined that in this case, in a narrowly defined situation that the government can require people to either purchase qualified insurance or pay the tax.
It is important to understand this. VERY IMPORTANT. The court has determined that if is constitutional to enact a tax, that can be satisfied by the purchase of private insurance in narrowly defined situations.  If you all would stop wringing your hands and whining about being betrayed and control your temper for a few minutes and let that sink in you might actually do something other than just piss people off between now and the election this fall.
It is constitutional to enact a tax, and allow citizens to purchase private insurance in lieu of paying the tax.

Read more: http://www.redstate.com/solvoreor/2012/06/29/i-like-this-scotus-decision-john-boehner-mitt-romney-michell-bachmann-pay-attention/

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