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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