BTW, some other nuggets in the bill: * The must-buy-insurance "mandate" exempts people experiencing "financial hardship." THis sounds great, but is this not the very people who can't afford insurance to begin with? Just WTF is the point then?
* The bill makes everyone pay a fee to cover abortions via their premiums. This is a matter of some consternation even to conservative Dems, who are being pressured to stay mum about it. It's only purpose is to wreck the health care system entirely, and set all kinds of precedents that will reduce our Bill of Rights to so much toilet paper, so that there will be clamor for a new system of government altogether---not merely a new health care system. - Publius On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> And u think that has a snowflakes chance in hell of surviving a >> constitutional challenge? You are one seriously (and possibly clinically) >> paranoid person. You need help. > > Paranoid? The provision is in the bill. I'm not imagining it, it's > right there. And the bill has the votes to pass, thanks to some > particularly shameless wheeling and dealing behind closed doors. > > Until it's no longer in the bill, or stricken down as unconstitutional > -- a legal process by the way that takes YEARS -- every citizen has a > right to be both outraged and worried about just WTF is going on. > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] > -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
