The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that
virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not
five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use its power to
regulate commerce between the states to require everyone to buy health
insurance. However, five Justices agreed that the penalty that someone must pay
if he refuses to buy insurance is a kind of tax that Congress can impose using
its taxing power. That is all that matters. Because the mandate survives, the
Court did not need to decide what other parts of the statute were
constitutional, except for a provision that required states to comply with new
eligibility requirements for Medicaid or risk losing their funding. On that
question, the Court held that the provision is constitutional as long as states
would only lose new funds if they didn’t comply with the new requirements,
rather than all of their funding.
So … in a nutshell, Obamacare has been upheld as
Constitutional. The real issue for Americans is whether or not we are
considered free. According to this ruling, we are not. This is just
demonstrating more and more that America is becoming more and more enslaved
when the federal government can demand that you purchase a product. This is a
very sad day in America.
Don’t bother to question how or why this has
happened. You know the answer! In a word – APATHY! Apathy on the part
of every American who feels that his/her vote doesn’t matter at each and every
election. Apathy on the part of every
citizen who is too busy to become and remain informed on all the issues
that affect our rights and freedoms as set forth by our constitution, our
Declaration of Independence and the amendments to it. Apathy on the part of every citizen who fails
to make known and defend his/her opinions on the conduct of our government to
friends, neighbors, relatives and elected representatives at the local, state
and national level.
So … what now?
Accept the ruling as final with no further action or personal
involvement? WRONG! Just as the outcome
of a war is not determined by a single battle and this nation has not become
what it now is overnight, neither is the loss of our freedoms final so long as
there are those willing to be involved and committed to reversing setbacks such
as this.
Step 1 If your
elected representatives voted “Yea” for the U.S. Affordable
Care Act, aka Obamacare or supported the confirmation of Supreme Court
justices John G. Roberts, Jr. (appointed by Bush),
Sonia Sotomayor (appointed by Obama), Stephen
Breyer (appointed by Clinton), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (appointed
by Clinton), and Elena Kagan (appointed by Obama) , vote
against them at every opportunity.
Step 2 Contact your
elected representatives and tell them what you think about both the U.S.
Affordable Care Act and the SCOTUS decision today.
Step 3 Vote in the
coming general election this fall against the re-election of Obama.
Do you know what precedent was established by
SCOTUS yesterday and how it affects you in the future?
Dates To Remember
12/7/1941 9/11/2001 6/28/2012
11/6/2012
“[W]hat
the court has done is give Congress the power to do whatever it wants, to
impose any mandate and abridge any freedom as long as it says the legislation
falls under its power to tax. Let the implications of that sink in.”
“With
a majority of the Supreme Court refusing to protect American freedom from a
predatory Congress, it is now up to the voters to restore lost liberty. They
have to fire the president and turn Congress over to lawmakers who respect
limited government …”
