The Heritage Foundation’s “Morning Bell” on July 20, reminds us of Obama’s campaign promise of no tax increase for families making $250,000 a year, or less. He repeated this promise September 9, 2009 as president of the United States that there would be no higher taxes but instead we would have greater security. The penalty we face for not purchasing Obamacare is from the IRS, as noted by Obama’s Justice Department, people will be required to report it on their income tax returns. The CBO estimates a cost of $4,000,000,000 a year to American taxpayers. “ Yale Law School professor Jack Balkin told a meeting of progressive activists last month that President Obama “has not been honest with the American people about the nature of this bill. This bill is a tax.” ”
Congress uses the “Commerce Clause” as grounds to force us to buy their Obamacare or face sanctions from the IRS. The logic in that leads to a Congress that can do anything it wants. ” They could: require us to buy a new Chevy Impala each year to support the government-supported auto industry; require us to buy war bonds to pay for the Iraq and Afghan wars; or force us to eat our vegetables.”
The Heritage Foundation clearly understands and explains the myriad of problems Obamacare has with the Constitution. ” The Obamacare mandate is still unprecedented and unconstitutional.”
“But perhaps more importantly, what does the episode say about the integrity of the White House? The President went on national television and insisted in unequivocal terms that his individual mandate was not a tax. Now his administration is saying the exact opposite. At what point do the American people lose all faith in this President’s word?”
Haven’t we reached that point long ago? Where do we go from here? For starters, Repeal Obamacare. http://heritageforamerica.org/issue-briefs/repeal-obamacare/
(Source: Heritage.org – Morning Bell, July 20, 2010)
