If it were 5 b we were talking about, nobody would care. Does he mean 500 b or 5 tr ?
Roberts’ job was to interpret the Constitution, not to try to swing the election our way. I don’t think there is anything he can do to accomplish that. And unfortunately, he’s misinterpreted the Constitution in a way that will resound for decades, maybe centuries.
Kevin McCullough is the Baghdad Bob of Townhall.com.
Roberts’ decision on PPACA is an unmitigated disaster.
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.
JR screwed America with his decision, plain and simple. He damaged the constitution very badly. He set precedent. He’s now invited to all the swanky left wing DC shindigs as a hero. That’s the only “silver lining”, and it’s only JR’s. As the dem thug said, “It’s constitutional bitches”
Punishments can not be levied on inaction. But, we can tax inaction????????????? Makes reason stare......
What in the heck is a tax, but a punishment. Taxes are the biggest punishment we have in this life. Traitor Roberts is off his meds.
I am in agreement of three things.
First, the tax “anchor” on the re-election campaign is massive and will be continually brought up. If we were in a decent economy...maybe it’d slide by, but there’s no real recovery underway at present.
Second, as a minimum...the President is now stuck with the law, a Republican House, and a likely 50-member Republican senate in 2013. If the President finds flaws or problems of any nature....he’ll have to negotiate with them to pass the fix. My guess is that a laundry list of free deals will be on the table....to include tax reform, open drilling in the Gulf, and admitting some things on the gun-running episode.
Third and final, the Medicare angle to this entire mess is probably the weakest link. If the older generation is put at risk....it’ll come back in 2014 to be a massive hit on the Democrats in the election of that year.
Pssst...John Roberts poops rainbows and unicorns....pass it on.
More intellectual masturbation.
Apparently, the right has it's share of kool-aid drinkers.
Some people say that when others are playing checkers, Roberts is playing chess. In this case, I think he was playing “Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock”. Maybe he had another seizure while writing his slap-dash findings.
Kevin, it is you that is unwise. And I also have some swampland in Florida to sell you.
This is not correct. The four doctrinairre leftists on the Court did not join in the Commerce Clause portion of Roberts opinion. Thus, Roberts, amongst the majority, was (on this issue) leading a parade and noone was following. To hold it was a tax and that Zero, therefore, duped everyone, required that it not be a penalty. But Buzzy et al wrote it was just fine as a mandate. Neither did the dissent call it a tax.
Lew is out there today saying **the only ones who will be penalized with the penalty are the (filthy-stinkin-rich) 1 percenters - and by the way, it's not a tax, it's a penalty.**
The author’s argument makes sense only if one is willing to believe that a majority of American voters will take up the cause and turn this country around.
Sadly, recent history would indicate such is not the case...
The Court has an obligation to interpret legislation in terms of the Constitution. In this case, CJ Roberts has clearly abrogated that responsibility.
Uh, the American people, based on polling, were largely against 0care before this partial birth abortion of a ruling.
"The commerce clause has been severely restricted. "
NOT TRUE. Chief Injustice Roberts only gave it a good talking to. The other four libs are quite happy with it and when they get a 5th vote they won't give a rip about Roberts' dictum.
"The true cost to America's middle class was unveiled"
Not by Roberts' ruling. The people already understood this and are against it - see point #1 - it's the same thing.
"Perhaps the most important thing of all, the Roberts' decision will likely hand Governor Mitt Romney a 40 state victory in the upcoming elections."
There are all sorts of ways for Willard to lose in the Fall. Roberts didn't hand anyone to the right of Nazi Pelosi anything other than a big FU.
Great analysis. Too bad it doesn’t apply to anything on the planet Earth.
The ONLY bright side to this is it flushed out all the Friends of the State who pretend to be on our side.