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If ObamaCare is Unconstitutional ....

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Salty, Mar 27, 2012.

  1. Salty

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    The Dems are saying that if ObamaCare is unconstitutional - then Social Security should have been declared unconstitutional.

    You know what? They are right - but what took them so long to figure that out?

    Yes, SS should have been ruled unconstitutional.

    Should SS be ended immediately - NO - Due to the impact it would have. There should be a phase out.

    Thoughts?
     
  2. Salty

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    The Dems also said that they are forced to buy cars with emission control - even if they don't want emission controls.

    Wow! the Dems are finally getting it. Maybe they will start voiding some of these federal mandates.:applause:
     
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    So shouldn't they just take it out of our checks like SS?
     
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    Oh man, gimme a link! If I were the Repubs I'd be screaming from the mountaintops, THE DEMOCRATS SAY SOCIAL SECURITY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND WANT TO ABOLISH IT!

    It would make the contraceptive debate the Dems cooked up look as insignificant as a pimple on the back of a hippopotamus.
     
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    First- the Dems are appearing to say we must be consistent. Another words what they are in essence saying that since SS IS constitutional, then Obamacare MUST be constitutional.

    I was watching C-span tonight and the Dems and the Reps each had their own press conference and giving their individual thoughts.

    At the moment, I did not find a link - probably in a few hours something will pop up.
     
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    Well your gonna buy a car someday so you might as well start making payments now. :tonofbricks:
     
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    You are absolutely right!

    The cost of a Ford Focus is about 25 Grand. I don't know the % of the cost that is due to Federal mandates - but it has to be a large one. Click here for the mandates then of course a good portion is also to pay for the health benefits of the factory workers.

    and now the Feds are considering requiring all cars to have back up cameras - oh don't worry - thats only about 300 dollars. That will only add about $ 7 to your monthly payment.
     
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    I agree. SS is a socialist agenda. This is why when we start giving up our rights under the constitution it only gets worse. Once a right is gone it seldom is restored. The health care law is just another stripping away of the rights of the people and rejecting the constitution.
     
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    Social Security has a place for those who chose to pay into it, but the way it was done, yes, it was unconsititutional. I'd be fine right now if I could just quit paying into it and just did away with what I have paid into it. Within 3-5 years I could have that money back by investing wisely.


    Unconstitutional: Obama Care. Forcing penalties on people who don't get insurance.


    Everyone should have the OPTION to purchase some kind of affordable healthcare, but they should NOT be forced to purchase it.


    There is a simple way to handle healthcare.

    1. You pay for it
    2. You don't


    If you pay for healthcare, then your insurance covers you. If you don't, then you better have the money to pay for care up front, or a hospital/doctor's office should have the right to turn you away.

    Our country went to hell because people felt they were entitled to whatever they want. People know they can go to the ER and get treated and they'll never pay a dime. That's wrong, and it costs those of us who day pay for healthcare to pay more.
     
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    Was SS ever contested before it was passed? How many voted for and against?
     
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    Who would provide the option for people with preexisting conditions?

    That's the question. Insurance companies certainly won't volunteer to do this for individuals, even if they are willing to do it under the terms of a group plan. It would be financial suicide.
     
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    Here's the deal:

    The individual mandate is unconstitutional because the commerce clause gives Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce, not to force people to create commerce.

    Social Security does not compel people to create commerce. Its constitutionality lies in the power of Congress to tax income.

    The two programs are substantively distinct.

    An option that would hold constititutional muster is a single-payer government-run insurance program funded by an income tax. Congress could regulate away insurance plans (or relegate them to supplemental coverage) under the Commerce Clause and could collect the tax under the Sixteenth Amendment. Precedent for Social Security would give cover for implementing the insurance plan.

    It would be constitutional, but that doesn't necessary mean it is the best idea.

    What is becoming clear, though, that our options for universal coverage are either going to involve abandoning it as a goal or implementing more government-run programs. Using private industry in a coercive fashion won't hold constitutional muster, and insurance companies won't be able to survive guaranteed-issue requirements without some form of government mandate.
     
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    Both Houses voted about 80% in favor of the bill.

    The "Economic Security Bill" was introduced in Jan of 1935. President Roosevelt signed the bill into law On August 14, 1935
     
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    Well done. I agree with this.

    Another option would be for states to create their own universal mandates, ala Massachusetts.
     
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    The payroll tax is NOT a contract for future services.

    Anyone who has read the Social Security legislation should understand that paying the SS IS NOT purchasing anything. It is NOT a contract for future services. The payroll tax is a plain, old, income tax with a fancy name.
     
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    Should a person be required to provide a proof of ability to pay before being treated at a hospital as are required to show before being treated at a doctor's office?
     
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    No. No one should be required by law for such proof, and no doctor or hospital should be required by law to require such proof. It should be up to the doctor or hospital to do as they wish regarding such checks without coercion and take the risk as they deem worthy.
     
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    I have to agree with Stephan about the difference between SS and Obamacare.

    But another objection would be that SS doesn't force us to buy something from a privately owned business. Obamacare forces every citizen to purchase something that will in the end enrich a certain class of individuals (those who own, run or own stock in a health ins. company). SS doesn't do this. As bad as SS is with as much fraud and wasteful that goes on, it doesn't enrich privately owned organizations.

    If Obama had found some excuse to nationalize health insurance co (I LOVE to see him try lol) and make them all into non-profits or gov run entities, he might have had an easier time passing it through the Supreme Court as did the SS act (http://www.ssa.gov/history/court.html)
     
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    It's funny this was posted. I was thinking about this exact thing earlier today. Social Security and the Affordable Care Act rest on distinct constitutional basis.

    Social Security is an exercise of Congress' Taxing and Spending Clause authority. It was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Helvering v. Davis. The legal theory on which the individual mandate in the ACA is based is that Congressional authority from the Commerce Clause extends to allow Congress to require people to purchase insurance.

    I do not agree. I think the mandate does go too far. It is my opinion that the mandate violates the Constitution. In my view, political philosophy and judicial philosophy are separate issues. The fact is the Federal government is a government of enumerated powers and to say that they have the power to require us to buy insurance is a bridge I'm not willing to cross.

    I've been saying the mandate is not the way to go from the beginning. I don't like it for both political and legal reasons. It's one of my arguments in favor of single payer, which would be unquestionably constitutional and would rest on the same basis as Social Security and Medicare.
     
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