TOP POST on this thread.
That is the #1 answer as far as I am concerned, you have nailed it.
This law is dangerous in two very specific ways.
One is that if the power to regulate interstate commerce is actually the power to regulate interstate commerce, intrastate commerce, and any activity that might have any effect upon commerce - then we do not have a government of limited and enumerated powers - but one of nearly limitless and innumerable powers.
The other is that once the government pays for your health care - there is a “compelling government interest” in regulating just about every single aspect of our lives.
I must conclude that when the Founders wrote that Congress would have the power to regulate interstate commerce - they didn't use the word “interstate” unnecessarily.
If our Constitution intended to grant Congress the power to regulate ALL commerce - why did it specify that the power was for interstate commerce? Wouldn't they have just written that Congress has the power to regulate commerce?