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Originally Posted by AK_Gandy
So tell me, where does the Constitution "force" you to pay Federal Income tax either? Yet, you do because it's the law.
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Actually,the Constitution
does compel me to pay income tax. The 16th amendment reads:
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Originally Posted by "US Constitution, 16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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So I guess you came up dry on examples where the federal government has previously forced citizens to make a purchase against their will.
And left unsaid in my earlier note is the larger loss of freedom where the government will now be involved in the most private of decisions regarding the health care for you and your family. As our president has said "Maybe instead of expensive surgery, we can just give Grandma a pill to manage her pain". A government bureaucrat having the ability to arbitrarily deny medical coverage that I could have purchased in an open market is certainly a loss of freedom.
I would rather have the ability to shop around and find my own medical care and/or insurance. Remove the barriers that prohibit me from purchasing insurance out of state. If coverage is too expensive, I'll work three jobs instead of my current two.
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Originally Posted by AK_Gandy
I don't think it should have even been mentioned as the impetus behind the legislation.
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So you think that no Constitutional authority is necessary. Thanks for your honest opinion!
I'm still waiting for your personal horror story about your being denied freedom by the Patriot Act.
