Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Obamacare declared unconstitutional again

U. S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled that Obamacare is unconstitutional because  of the individual mandate.   Since Obamacare did not carry a severability clause, this rendered the entire act  unconstitutional and therefore null and void.  Judge Vinson did allow the government to continue implementing the act until it was struck down by the U S Supreme Court or Congress.   Declaring the act unconstitutional was a cake walk.   The best part was his reference to one of the great constitutional legal minds of the day, then presidential candidate Barack Obama.  He was on one of the great forums for public policy and legal discussions, the Ellen Degeneres show February 28, 2008.   He faulted Hillary Clinton's campaign requiring universal coverage to pay for increased coverage while lowering policy costs.  Mr. Obama stated "She’d have the government force every individual to buy insurance and I don’t have such a mandate because I don’t think the problem is that people don’t want health insurance, it’s that they can’t afford it, .  .  .So, I focus more on lowering costs."  Mr. Obama also stated that if mandatory  health insurance would lower health insurance premuims, then mandatory home ownership would alleviate homelessness.  The home ownership remark struck me as odd coming from a politician who accepted $126,000.00 from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, merchants of sub prime mortgages. 

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