XPost: alt.politics.obama, alt.politics.usa, alt.politics.usa.constitution
From: markp@NOSPAMmail.com

On 6/28/2012 5:40 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:36:46 -0400, Ubiquitous 
> wrote:
>
>
>> And yet ObamaCare, even the individual mandate, stands. Roberts accepted
>> the alternative argument that the penalty for defying the mandate is a
>> legitimate exercise of Congress's taxing power:
>>
>> 	Under the mandate, if an individual does not maintain health
>> 	insurance, the only consequence is that he must make an
>> 	additional payment to the IRS when he pays his taxes.
>
> Following that logic, anything a person could be asked to do, and that
> they don't do, can be taxed when they don't do it.  For example, if
> the gvt thinks its a good idea for you to buy and eat 15 grams of
> fiber a day they could make that a mandate and provide a tax
> requirement for those who don't submit proofs of purchase with their
> tax returns.
>
> The ruling is complete and utter bullshit.
>
Yeah. Right-wing loons hate liberal activist judges like Roberts. (For
all you right-wing loons who missed it, I was making fun of you.
Roberts has been a consistent right-wing loon himself until this
decision. I hope it signals that Roberts has come to realize that
right-wingers are bad for our country.)

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