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Not only is it nice to see an elected official going after health care reform, it’s even nicer that a judge agreed to a lawsuit against the forced law that the majority of Americans didn’t want.
That’s right, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson agreed with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who brought the lawsuit against President Obama’s near-dictatorship health care reform.
“While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a citizen's decision not to participate in interstate commerce,” Hudson wrote in a 32-page decision, reported FOX News
FOX News story and The L.A. Times
The L.A. Times story.
Now Cuccinelli is making some good points as to why he’s against the reform. One, it conflicts with Virginia’s own legislation that does not allow its residents being forced into health care coverage. And he believes the law violates the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, which allows U.S. government to adjust economic activity.
And it’s about time someone really goes after this reform, because this health care law was created under shady deals and cheap campaign promises, such as:
- • Broken promise of C-SPAN creation from day one
- • Closed-door meetings between President Obama and Democrats and unions
- • Penalizing people who can’t afford health insurance
- • Taxing people for health insurance but condemning it on the campaign trail
- • Closed-door meetings between President Obama and Democrats and unions
Yes, the fifth one is a repeat of number two but it’s such a bone-headed thing by the president after saying how transparent his administration was going to be that it needed repeating.
The entire process was as far from democratic as one could get. Can you imagine the outrage from Democrats, such as Harry Reid or President Obama, if Republicans broke promises of transparency, had closed-door meetings, gave special deals to unions, and added taxes to it, and of course, ignoring how the majority of Americans didn’t want the reform?
And it’s still true. A Gallup poll
Gallup poll back in June shows that 49 percent of Americans are in favor of the reform, but only 46 percent don’t agree with it. That’s not very impressive. And yesterday’s Rasmussen Reports’
Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 57 percent of likely U.S. voters feel the reform is bad for the country, with 59 percent saying it should be repealed.
Sure, there are a few goods things to this bill that will drag this country into the seventh level of health care hell, such as insurance companies accepting people with pre-existing conditions. And yes, we needed health care reform in this country, but this ham-fisted method was a far cry from spelling relief.
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