Harvey at IMAO highlighted this excellent point from Doug Urbanski:
"In discussing the government logic in justifying the Obamacare individual mandate using the Commerce Clause, Doug started pondering where such expanded powers would lead.
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.... Ya gotta go hear the whole thing:
“…If the government can compel people to engage in private economic transactions like… the individual mandate… because it might affect interstate commerce, then imagine if the government had the power to force people to pick cotton in return for room and board…”
It reminds me of what I've written before, because paternalistic Democrats are very serious about bringing back slavery, as long as they can call it by another name, such as "national service": Charles Rangel Thinks He Owns You
America's youth will happily sing songs
while toiling on behalf of the "great republic."
Don't worry. The boss will provide "free" health care for all.
Listen, Obamacare Liberals: Get your cotton-pickin' hands off my freedom.
Too much blood has been shed to secure the blessings of liberty in this land.
If you can't wrap your brain around the basic moral concept of human freedom, then get out.
QUESTIONS FOR OBAMA's BUS TOUR
- “Should ineligible presidents be tried for treason?”
- “Do you understand that Americans are Constitutionally obligated to remove you from office?”
- “If you have read the Constitution, why can’t you find your birth certificate?”
- “Why did you stand for president when you are not the son of 2 US citizens?”
- “When you are removed from office, whose fault will it be?”
- “When you leave office, where will you go?”
- “What part of ‘Get Out’ do you not understand?”
Pro Patria
Posted by: DemocracyRules | August 17, 2011 at 08:07 PM