Uh question Frum, what if you don’t have a vehicle in AK, do you still have to purchase auto insurance?
Living is.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
“Don’t all states have automobile insurance requirements?”
I’m pretty sure they do.
“And how is that the same as requiring someone to purchase medical coverage?”
It’s not, it’s totally different. Driving is a privilege, and the insurance requirement is to protect others we may directly hurt while exercising that privilege.
The health insurance mandate is something forced on a person just for existing! It is, therefore, blatantly unconstitutional. BHO et al keep playing semantics, periodically alternating the words “tax” with “fine” or “penalty”. Hopefully, the SCOTUS will still use common sense and strike it down - but it will most likely come down to Kennedy being the tie breaker, as Dennis Miller astutely said on BOR last night. Kagan should obviously recuse herself, but the Left (including Weeny-boy) are vocally and aggressively hammering on Clarence Thomas to likewise do the same (just because of his wife’s organizational affiliation). If they lose Kagan in this case, they want to ensure that we, in turn, lose Thomas.