However the federal government is not empowered to dictate what insurance — or anything else for that matter — you have to purchase with your own money — and states remain the appropriate political arena for health care questions
The federal government can reduce subsidies by Article I Section 8 rules it is explicitly empowered to write every bit as much as it can reduce income taxes by granting mortgage interest deductions.
The federal government can reduce subsidies by Article I Section 8 rules it is explicitly empowered to write every bit as much as it can reduce income taxes by granting mortgage interest deductions.
“the federal government is not empowered to dictate what insurance — or anything else for that matter — you have to purchase with your own money”
The federal government didn’t force me to buy a house in 1982 by having a mortgage interest deduction, but it made a financially convincing case with a tax rate of ~35%.
The federal government drives the housing market.
Is that good? No, in my opinion.
Is it Constitutional? Renters paying $1,000s/year more have never won a case.
“the federal government is not empowered to dictate what insurance — or anything else for that matter — you have to purchase with your own money”
The federal government didn’t force me to buy a house in 1982 by having a mortgage interest deduction, but it made a financially convincing case with a tax rate of ~35%.
The federal government drives the housing market.
Is that good? No, in my opinion.
Is it Constitutional? Renters paying $1,000s/year more have never won a case.