[An.American.Expatriate]

Gonzales vs. Raich applies to ANY product or service. It has nothing to do with how great the chances are that a given product or service has of being involved in interstate commerce. It effectively establishes that any product or service is "never more than one step away from interstate commerce".

There is no chance that lack of health Ins will.

Wrong, there is EVERY chance that lack of Health Insurance will end up in Interstate Commerce! (At least that is what the adminsitration will argue!)

The Adminstration is arguing that your NOT purchasing insurance adversely affects the price paid by everyone else in the country and therefore the compulsary clauses are necessary and proper to fulfill the government's duties under the commerce clause.

[MrB]

Madison said it before ratification, that if, in his case, the General Welfare clause was interpreted to justify anything, then the rest of the constitution was moot.

Now we have, in addition to the General Welfare clause, the Commerce Clause, and now the “Necessary and Proper” clause being used to circumvent the very essence of the Constitution - that of limited general government.

[Gee Wally]

... lack of Health Insurance will end up in Interstate Commerce

Since health insurance is regulated by the states and cannot be purchased from an out-of-state insurer, I'm curious to know how whether or not I purchase health insurance can affect interstate commerce. Currently there is no interstate health insurance market, is there?