Interesting take on Chief Justice Roberts, and the Affordable Care Act......

[GeoFisher]

Subject: Chief Justice Roberts is a Genius

Chief Justice Roberts Is A Genius Before you look to do harm to Chief Justice Roberts or his family, it’s important that you think carefully about the meaning –the true nature —of his ruling on Obama-care. The Left will shout that they won, that Obama-care was upheld and all the rest. Let them.

It will be a short-lived celebration.

Here’s what really occurred —payback. Yes, payback for Obama’s numerous, ill-advised and childish insults directed toward SCOTUS.

Chief Justice Roberts actually ruled the mandate, relative to the commerce clause, was unconstitutional. That’s how the Democrats got Obama-care going in the first place. This is critical. His ruling means Congress can’t compel American citizens to purchase anything. Ever. The notion is now officially and forever, unconstitutional. As it should be.

Next, he stated that, because Congress doesn’t have the ability to mandate, it must, to fund Obama-care, rely on its power to tax. Therefore, the mechanism that funds Obama-care is a tax. This is also critical. Recall back during the initial Obama-care battles, the Democrats called it a penalty, Republicans called it a tax. Democrats consistently soft sold it as a penalty. It went to vote as a penalty. Obama declared endlessly, that it was not a tax, it was a penalty. But when the Democrats argued in front of the Supreme Court, they said ‘hey, a penalty or a tax, either way’. So, Roberts gave them a tax. It is now the official law of the land —beyond word-play and silly shenanigans. Obama-care is funded by tax dollars. Democrats now must defend a tax increase to justify the Obama-care law.

Finally, he struck down as unconstitutional, the Obama-care idea that the federal government can bully states into complying by yanking their existing medicaid funding. Liberals, through Obama-care, basically said to the states —‘comply with Obama-care or we will stop existing funding.’ Roberts ruled that is a no-no. If a state takes the money, fine, the Feds can tell the state how to run a program, but if the state refuses money, the federal government can’t penalize the state by yanking other funding. Therefore, a state can decline to participate in Obama-care without penalty. This is obviously a serious problem. Are we going to have 10, 12, 25 states not participating in “national” health-care? Suddenly, it’s not national, is it?

Ultimately, Roberts supported states rights by limiting the federal government’s coercive abilities. He ruled that the government can not force the people to purchase products or services under the commerce clause and he forced liberals to have to come clean and admit that Obama-care is funded by tax increases.

Although he didn’t guarantee Romney a win, he certainly did more than his part and should be applauded.

And he did this without creating a civil war or having bricks thrown through his windshield. Oh, and he’ll be home in time for dinner.

[RoadToad]

Interesting take, but it seems to ignore one important fact: Romney disagrees with the ruling that the penalty is a tax. As one of his senior advisers, Eric Fehmstrom said, "The governor believes that what we put in place in Massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax." Which makes it difficult for him to make much political hay out of this particular tax increase. IMHO, the similarities between ObamaCare and what Romney instituted in Massachusetts are going to be a big chink in his armor on this issue.

[GeoFisher]

Interesting take, but it seems to ignore one important fact: Romney disagrees with the ruling that the penalty is a tax. As one of his senior advisers, Eric Fehmstrom said, "The governor believes that what we put in place in Massachusetts was a penalty and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax." Which makes it difficult for him to make much political hay out of this particular tax increase. IMHO, the similarities between ObamaCare and what Romney instituted in Massachusetts are going to be a big chink in his armor on this issue.

I don't give a RIP what Romney thinks. If he thinks it's a penalty versus a tax, fine....he's WRONG. I will still vote for him because I think he is a better choice. Remember he was NOT my first choice.

Later,

Geo

[Chubminnow]

I don't like Nobama, I don't like Romney either...all I know is I want Nobama out of office for sure. He's already showed me what he's made of. Romney might not be much better, but I already know the damage Nobama has caused...he just needs to move on, seriously. But...(there's always a but), I think the minority vote is going to be a hard one to beat, not only in the November election this year, but in all election years to come.

The sad thing (on top of all other sad things about him) is we gotta keep on handing money over to him the rest of his life...