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From
Forbes:
A second
federal judge has declared ObamaCare, the
so-called Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, to be
unconstitutional. The issue is
destined for the Supreme Court.
The issue
appears hopelessly arcane to most
Americans ...
But we all
have much at stake in maintaining the
Constitution’s limits on federal
power.
No one in
Washington pays much attention to the
nation’s fundamental law.
The
institutional provisions, such as the
number of Senators, usually are
respected.
Even so,
many legislators are pushing legislation
to grant the District of Columbia
congressional representation,
contrary to the Constitution’s
explicit language.
The Bill of
Rights also retains some vigor, despite
continuing erosion of protections against
improper searches and seizures, for
instance, because it is seen by many as
the only limit on government
power.
Yet an
equally important safeguard for
institutional liberty was supposed to be
vesting the national government with only
limited, enumerated powers.
States
have what is called a general “police
power.” The federal government does
not. Congress is to legislate where
it has explicit authority and the
president’s chief powers are
administering laws approved by the
legislature and conducting wars approved
by the legislature .....
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From
Forbes:
As
expected, the House, with its new
Republican majority, voted to repeal the
Democrats’ health care “reform” passed
only last March. Much nonsense was
spouted during the floor debate,
including the claim that repeal would
increase the deficit.
In fact,
ObamaCare could not help but be
expensive. Expanding Medicaid,
subsidizing the purchase of private
insurance, creating new bureaucracies,
multiplying federal controls over health
care and adding new benefit programs will
cost substantially more than the taxes
enacted and Medicare benefit cuts likely
to be enforced.
Nevertheless,
President Barack Obama and the Democratic
leadership claimed they were policy
magicians. Health care coverage
would go up, medical costs would go down,
and the federal budget deficit would
shrink. Amazing!
Of
course, it comes as no surprise that the
Democrats sought to hide the cost of what
they were doing. And, in fairness, they
did make a pretense of paying for their
plan.
In 2003
the Republican Party tossed overboard any
notion of fiscal rectitude when it
enacted the Medicare drug benefit
(responsible for about $16 trillion in
unfunded liabilities, more than the
national debt). GOP legislators
figured that they could reap the
political benefit of distributing
benefits while future taxpayers could
foot the bill. So Republican
attempts today to claim the mantle
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