Friday, December 11, 2009

Congress' power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States...." also does not validate an individual mandate. The Constitution requires that a tax be apportioned on the basis of the census population, and not vary based upon factors such as the financial condition of the state's residents. "[But] this [constitutional] requirement will be impossible to meet based upon the variety of exceptions provided in the mandate,

The constitution is not a serious matter to them

Is Obamacare Constitutional?

A reporter recently asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) where in the Constitution Congress is given the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance, she responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" Responding to a follow-up question to this non-answer, Pelosi's press secretary said, "That is not a serious question."

We think otherwise at The Heritage Foundation. So should all Americans who value the liberties which our Constitution protects. And once the mandate question is thoroughly examined through the lens of the Constitution's original meaning, the answer is inescapable: it is not constitutional.

"For those with a traditional understanding of the Constitution as a charter of liberty (as opposed to the 'living version'), the list of Congress' powers in Article I, Section 8, grants it no authority to require any such thing, "writes Heritage expert Bob Moffit. To defend their unprecedented expansion of federal power, Obamacare's proponents rely upon excessively broad interpretations of Congress' powers -- namely the powers to regulate interstate commerce and impose taxes.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com

Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com: "Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill

The second leg of Quinnipiac's big national poll dropped this morning -- and it shows a serious erosion of support for Congressional health reform efforts and the president's performance on the issue -- along with an all-time low 46 percent approval rating for the POTUS.

Most ominously for Dems: Nearly two-thirds of registered voters polled said extending coverage to 30 million-plus people will result in a decline in the quality of their own health care. That gives plenty of room to the GOP to personalize attacks on the plan, Obama and Congress."

Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com

Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com: "Poll: Only 38 percent support health care bill

The second leg of Quinnipiac's big national poll dropped this morning -- and it shows a serious erosion of support for Congressional health reform efforts and the president's performance on the issue -- along with an all-time low 46 percent approval rating for the POTUS.

Most ominously for Dems: Nearly two-thirds of registered voters polled said extending coverage to 30 million-plus people will result in a decline in the quality of their own health care. That gives plenty of room to the GOP to personalize attacks on the plan, Obama and Congress."

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

State of the Union as I see it

Over 10% unemployment
(actual # is getting close to 20%)
Spending out of control
No health care bill
Were losing in Afghanistan
The president in Copenhagen
Global warming proven a scam
Yet Congress still wants Cap & Trade
Democrats cannot agree with democrats
GOP in a coma
Terrorists including KSM coming back to NYC
Still no Osama
Obama @ 47% approval (a record low)

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Shhh! Don’t confuse Reid with history while he’s playing the race card!

By Michelle Malkin • December 7, 2009 03:11 PM

It was the GOP that fought slavery and the Democrat Party that battled to preserve it.

It’s the Democrat Party, not the GOP, that boasts an ex-Klansman among its senior leaders.

But don’t confuse Harry Reid with history while he invokes slavery to lambaste the GOP for opposing the government-run health care takeover.