Don’t like the healthcare mandate? The Solicitor General says “earn less money”
Neal Kumar Katyal–who is the acting solicitor general now that Sotomayer is sitting on the Supreme Court–is now arguing in defense of the healthcare mandates included in the healthcare reform law in an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He had an interesting defense of the mandates to say the least; basically what he is saying is that the mandate is not a mandate (much like our war in Libya is not a war) because a person can decide to earn less money if they wish to avoid the mandate. I guess this is the Obama regime’s idea of options.
Here is his quote on this issue:
“If we’re going to play that game, I think that game can be played here as well, because after all, the minimum coverage provision only kicks in after people have earned a minimum amount of income,” Kaytal said. “So it’s a penalty on earning a certain amount of income and self insuring. It’s not just on self insuring on its own. So I guess one could say, just as the restaurant owner could depart the market in Heart of Atlanta Motel, someone doesn’t need to earn that much income.”
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Yup… that’s the message. And the never-ending extension of Congressional mandate to control what every boy and girl does in the country with their money, too.
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Yes, once the government can force you to by something you do not want the precedent will be set and they will extend it even further.
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I read the full exchange and the judge just kept asking where Congress’ authority ended. The answers were not very reassuring to those of us who like our rights.
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Hopefully this man is helping to ensure the decision goes our way with his answers.
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This is what eventually kills all experiments in socialisim. When there are more people taking and less people making what happens?
I am afraid so many people have become dependent on a hand out they are acting like crack addicts. Always chasing that next high. Unemployment insurance has become like a mini retirement program. If the benefits never end why work? But the dirty little secret is a lot of people on unemployment are working too.
And this will happen with health care. If you can get it for free some way why pay for it? People will figure out how to do the least to get the most from government.
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You are right, in the end this is why all the socialist evperiments fail, they are unsustainable.
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Don’t make too much money, then you will be reliant on government food stamps, housing assistance, and healthcare. Wow it is a vicious cycle.
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And that is exactly what they want.
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I am fully convinced that the entire Obama administration is comprised of MORONS, from the top on down…
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Of course they are morons. How else could he be the smartest man in the room?
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Very good point COF.
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From ‘the top on down’ is indicative of Obama himself, or, I thought it was..
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Good point Fred!
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I can’t argue with you there.
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Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money, as the saying goes.
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And it is happening quickly.
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I had known a colleague of mine who was on Arizona’s state Medicaid program. She refused to work beyond a certain number of hours per week — because she’d then make too much money and lose her benefits. Likewise, she adamantly refused any pay raises from her boss — again for the same reason. Thus, she was permanently trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty.
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Amazing isn’t it? Somehow we are promoting this type of behavior, because of this entitlement mentality we are on the verge of losing this country.
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