Virginia judge rules health care mandate unconstitutional

[idlewind]

Funny how the conservatives love an "activist judge" when he rules in their favor. Of course in this case it turns out he has a vested interest in repealing the law and his ruling isn't based on a sense of fairness.

This is not an activist judge this is a strict constructionist judge. The former is bad the latter is good.

 

[scooterbug44]

I don't quite understand why you think we pay for it in one scenario, but not in another.

No matter what, we still foot the bill in some way.

 

[AlphaCrab]

I hope it goes to the Supreme Court, so Americans can, once again, can see how politically bi-partisan the SCOTUS really is (remember Bush V. Gore). Forget Liberal vs Conservative and the Constitution, they play too much partisan politics.

 

[kkddbb]

I hope it goes to the Supreme Court, so Americans can, once again, can see how politically bi-partisan the SCOTUS really is (remember Bush V. Gore). Forget Liberal vs Conservative and the Constitution, they play too much partisan politics.

makes no sense...

 

[Matt J]

makes no sense...

Some people would disagree.

 

[Rita]

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It makes no sense to John Oliver...
John Oliver believes that the Tea Party protests against health care reform are America's very own Velvet Revolution.
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[Smiling JOe]

If we need to generate an additional 3-4 billion in tax revenue to pay for this, what taxes would people be willing to take a hit on? Lots of options - sin taxes, sales taxes, real estate taxes, higher fees?

Who says we have to pay for it? Well, I guess it is written somewhere that the USA has to pay for its debt, but seriously, the federal government doesn't seem to be paying for anything else its doing. When is the last time we saw a balanced budget? If we cannot balance the budget, how the heck are we supposed to pay the interest on the debt, much less the debt itself? Just charge it to the grandchildren.

The ball will stop rolling one day, but until it does, lets just charge everything to the federal government.

 

[cooper]

Job security for lawyers and lobbyists for years to come

 

[Matt J]

Maybe those who can't handle their own debts shouldn't be commenting on the governments?

 

[30ashopper]

Who says we have to pay for it? Well, I guess it is written somewhere that the USA has to pay for its debt, but seriously, the federal government doesn't seem to be paying for anything else its doing. When is the last time we saw a balanced budget? If we cannot balance the budget, how the heck are we supposed to pay the interest on the debt, much less the debt itself? Just charge it to the grandchildren.

The ball will stop rolling one day, but until it does, lets just charge everything to the federal government.

Well, the federal government may be totally fubar'd, but we here in Florida have this funny thing called a balanced budget amendment... we have to pay for the major increase in spending Obamacare is forcing on our state.

It's interesting, I've asked numerous times in multiple threads looking for some suggestions from the liberals on how we'll pay for this at the state level. So far nobody has stepped up with any suggestions. Me thinks we have an unfunded mandate on our hands.