Did I miss something? I thought part of what the Supreme
Court was supposed to rule on was the government mandate? Ok so they decided
the government could tax you for not doing something! Yes that alone is quite
absurd but that’s what Justice Roberts has decided to call the penalty. But I
don’t remember seeing anywhere an answer to the primary question before them
whether the government can mandate that you buy something?
I must admit out of all the things I’ve heard from the
Supreme Court this last decision by Justice Roberts can only be rivaled by the
decision which so vastly expanded the commerce clause. He was saying that he
didn’t think this would fit under the commerce clause so instead he expanded
even more what the government can now do through taxes. This ought be
disturbing to anyone that reads this decision yet what the media is focusing on
is that at least he gave the right to the states to say no to obeying it, but
they still can’t say no to the tax for it which is really all the government
needs for real control.
After all who is not going to accept what the government is
trying to push on them if they know that they’re going to pay for it anyway? It
is for this reason that I don’t see how this is going to help us at all, though
I do see how it’s going to expand the ability of the government to shove even
more stuff down our throats.
Supposedly Justice Roberts didn’t want to expand the power
of the government through the commerce clause. Before they needed you to buy
something before they could go after you. They regulated commercial activity,
but now they found a way where they don’t even need the commerce clause for
control. Now all they have to do is determine to tax you for not doing
something and thus force you to do it or face a “penalty tax”
What Justice Roberts called a tax does not fall under any of
the taxes authorized in the constitution, but by doing what he did he has now
set yet another very BAD precedent that will lead to the congress and the
president getting even more power over the people.
Justice Roberts said that if they expanded the commerce
clause it would forever change the relationship of the people to the government
but what he did instead was give the government even more power than they would
have gotten under the commerce clause which is already far more power than the
founding fathers ever intended. It only requires that you look at that clause
with common sense to see it doesn’t mean what the Supreme Court has determined it
means.
This must rate among the 4 biggest government power grabs
ever; The decision by the Supreme Court that expanded the power of the commerce
clause, social security, Obamacare, and now the decision that you can be taxed
for not doing something which also effectively authorized the government mandate.
The truly frightening thing is that even if we change
congress and the president we can’t get rid of the Supreme Court Justices fast
enough to roll back all the other things they’ve set precedents for.
Far too many people in this nation have been careless in the
people they’ve elected and frequently re-elected over and over, thinking those
people must be just like us and really want the best for us. What they ought to
consider is that if they were really the salt of the earth kind of people they
wouldn’t lie so much. We have too readily become complacent with the idea that
our leaders are going to lie to us. We also deceive ourselves if we think they
are not in it for the power. Most of these people with the possible exception
of some of the new Tea Party additions are not to be trusted at all.
This did not happen overnight and we are fooling ourselves
if we think it will be fixed overnight or even in just 1 or 2 elections. Things
have gotten far worse than most people want to admit.
Christians are under attack as is Christianity. The right to
own and BEAR firearms is under attack. Many say the reason for Fast and Furious
was as a way to get more laws passed prohibiting the ownership of guns. Freedom
of speech is under attack more than ever. It is called political correctness.
You are not allowed to criticize or even question Muslims. You are not allowed
to disagree with or criticize any people, who are black or Mexican. Yes, your
freedom of speech is being curtailed at every turn.
Think you have freedom of religion? Just try and pass out
some Christian tracts or hold a bible study in your home and you may find that
you are being cited for nothing having some permit… after all you need the government’s
permission if you’re actually going to practice your religion… but yes you can
still go to church… for now… and because of this I suppose our wonderful
leaders think you still have your freedom. They know better, but hope you don’t.
What has any of your representatives done that you think is
so great that you just have to have them back in office over and over? Are
these really the best 500+ people we could find in the entire country out of
350 million people? Somehow I don’t think so.
We need big changes in this nation and that means we need to
get rid of all or most all of the people we currently have. Some of the new
people seem to be doers and are actually doing or at least trying to do what
they promised. They are certainly not violating their conscience or what they
promised to do, they are just being blocked by all the progressives, in BOTH
parties that don’t want the status quo to change.
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