Well, it's done. John Roberts, in a widely unexpected decision, was the swing vote in declaring the individual mandate constitutional. I am not going to call him a traitor, because he did exactly what you SHOULD expect a member of this court to do: Make a unfettered, clear, logical and non-partisan review of the LAW. He is not saying it's RIGHT, he's just saying it's within the Constitution to do it. Interesting that he frames it as a tax, when Obama has stated on more than one occassion that it's not a tax.
I am not happy with the decision. It will now take a new President and Congress to remove the legislation (and I don't think they have the will to do it).
The most expensive and worst parts of the law have yet to come into effect; we will see how this plays out a few years from now. This does not help in keeping him from a second term.
Now, here's what my company is likely to do: We pay HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS in health insurance premiums. SO, do we pay the $100K worth to continue to provide this insurance, or half that amount to pay the $2000/per employee premium, and tell the employees to go find their own? Take a wild guess what most small business do?
And guess what a lot of citizens will do? Are they going to go to jail if they don't buy it? Nope, they are still going to walk into the emergency room and demand it for free - and the ones that can pay will be squeezed in even larger amounts to pay for those that refuse to.
Another example of the enroachment of big government.
I am not happy with the decision. It will now take a new President and Congress to remove the legislation (and I don't think they have the will to do it).
The most expensive and worst parts of the law have yet to come into effect; we will see how this plays out a few years from now. This does not help in keeping him from a second term.
Now, here's what my company is likely to do: We pay HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS in health insurance premiums. SO, do we pay the $100K worth to continue to provide this insurance, or half that amount to pay the $2000/per employee premium, and tell the employees to go find their own? Take a wild guess what most small business do?
And guess what a lot of citizens will do? Are they going to go to jail if they don't buy it? Nope, they are still going to walk into the emergency room and demand it for free - and the ones that can pay will be squeezed in even larger amounts to pay for those that refuse to.
Another example of the enroachment of big government.