Obamacare Lawsuit to be heard in my hometown this week

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

Show me in the US Constitution where it gives the Federal Government permission to require that I do business with a private company.

There are a lot of things that are legal that are not explicitly stated in the constitution.

Show me in the constitution that my tax dollars can be used for space exploration. Show me in the constitution where the DEA can arrest me for a meth lab. Show me in the constitution where I have to comply with a flight attendant's directions.

Etc etc

[AVGWarhawk]

Show me in the constitution where I have to comply with a flight attendant's directions.

It depends on what she looks like and what she is asking me to do.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It depends on what she looks like and what she is asking me to do.

If you're expecting nice looking flight attendants, it's clear that you haven't flown lately.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

If you're expecting nice looking flight attendants, it's clear that you haven't flown lately.

You sir are correct!

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

There are a lot of things that are legal that are not explicitly stated in the constitution.

Show me in the constitution that my tax dollars can be used for space exploration. Show me in the constitution where the DEA can arrest me for a meth lab. Show me in the constitution where I have to comply with a flight attendant's directions.

Etc etc

Whether you think they are legal or not is immaterial as they are not the same things Mookie.

This is a whole new area of government control that probably won't survive constitutional muster once it gets to the SC.

Where else does the government have the right to make you purchase services or goods from a private company? I think mandatory car insurance comes the closest and that only applies if you want to drive on public roads and then only your liability against damages to others.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by August

I think mandatory car insurance comes the closest and that only applies if you want to drive on public roads and then only your liability against damages to others.

living is a right.

driving is a privilege.

two totally different things. you dont have the right to drive a car any more than you have the right to fly an airplane... you must be licensed on some level be it state or federal to do those things... therefore, you may be required to meet numerous requirements in order to operate your vehicle.

the left likes to go back to Bush a lot. they like to spout off about "you guys supported Bush at every turn" which is simply NOT true a lot of "us" didnt support the wire tapping, or the formation of the TSA and a lot of the other crap he pulled.

the fact is that the Government does not have the authority to mandate to the people that they must do business with a company or that they must purchase a certain good or service.

the problem here is a simple one.

for decades, the federal government has been power grabbing, diminishing our rights, cutting into our personal lives and becoming more and more a tyranny with every "election".

the democrats do it, the republicans do it... and they slice away a little piece of our liberty every time someone moves into the white house.

it doesn't matter who it is in there, they do it.

and the fact remains that half the nation will oppose these cuts into the flesh of liberty, and the other half will support it based solely on whether there is an (R) or a (D) at the end of the person's name.

The American people cannot see the forest for the trees. Its sad really. but true.

I have cried fowl over this health care bill from the start.

its not just a health care bill, and for those who have taken the time to read the thing - you know all the nonsense that FILLS this bill up with garbage.

America will not last forever, she will destroy herself from within. thats a fact. her days are numbered IMHO simply because we have become a selfish, foolish, entitlement society - unless we can change that - we are screwed.