Affordable Care Act Ruling by SCOTUS

So, the court ruled that the "individual mandate" is actually a tax and therefore it stands. From what I have been able to determine, this is at best a double edged sword for the Dems. The court didn't really uphold the individual mandate, they upheld the right of the congressional powers of taxation. Remember that Obama declared vehemently on numerous occasions that the individual mandate was not a tax. It was one of the deciding factors in the passing of the Act. Now that the bill has passed and the covers have been pulled back, we can see that Obama did nothing more than deceive the American people to achieve his aims. He has shown his true colors as nothing more than an everyday "TAX and SPEND" democrat who believes he knows better what is good for US citizens than they themselves know.

Time will tell what the final outcome will be, but I believe there is more to the decision than the initial news headlines. To borrow from Madam Pelosi, we will have to read it to see what is actually in it. I predict the democrats have just lost most of the independent and youth vote.

This directly from the mouth of the President on September 20, 2009:

OBAMA: My critics say everything is a tax increase. My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy. You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we’re going to have an individual mandate or not, but…
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you reject that it’s a tax increase?
OBAMA: I absolutely reject that notion.

Rejected that is, until the bill was challenged. Guess his "critics" were right all along.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/09/obama-mandate-is-not-a-tax/

This a quote from the majority opinion of the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who has just called you out. Basically he said, get up, get off your ass, get involved, if you don't like the decision, YOU have the power to change it...YOU:

“It Is Not Our Job to Protect the People From the Consequences of Their Political Choices”

Below are two quotes from Chief Justice Roberts on the Supreme Court’s responsibility in handling the health care law.

“We do not consider whether the Act embodies sound policies. That judgment is entrusted to the Nation’s elected leaders.”

“Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”

Keep this in mind. The court, acting on a very narrow argument, rendered a decision based on the law, just as they did in the Citizens United case and the Arizona Immigration case. Very narrowly defined arguments, not broad brush policy decisions, but very narrow constitutional interpretations based upon the arguments presented. They made the right choice, taxes are constitutional, the mandate is another issue as is the Act itself.


Remember in November, what the TEA Party stands for -- TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY.