The Roanoke Slant

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The Supreme Court made an interesting decision today to let all of ObamaCare stand!
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The Justices concluded that the American people voted for Obama and the Democrats who invented and passed this program into law and it’s the American people who should change the law by voting for others, or not!
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Apparently the “Tax Clauses” in our “Living Constitution” are now so broad that there isn’t anything we do, or don’t do, that does not involve "taxation" and therefore can be controlled, denied, required and taxed by the federal government.
The  Court stated that the "Commerce Clause" was not the bais for their decision, however, the very basis of the law was that people who do not have insurance become part of healthcare commererce when they go to an emergency room for service.
Seems like a long stretch to extend the "Tea Tax" and the "Stamp Act" which involved taxing purchased merchandise to someone for not purchasing insurance; and weren't these taxes the basis for something called the American Revolutionary War?
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This decision certainly raises the reach of the federal government well beyond anything before it and makes “1984” a reality going forward. After all, it’s the IRS that will be the financial managers for ObamaCare and they have already begun to spend $880 Million just to get started.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gao-irs-spend-881-million-implementing-obamacare-over-just-four-years
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Of interest here in Virginia is that the voters of Virginia voted for Obama and removed a Conservative Senator and replaced him with Jim Webb who became the 60th tie casting vote to enable and pass ObamaCare. Therefore, we in Virginia bear a major responsibility and ownership for ObamaCare.
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Based on the 2010 election results and this years election results it will be interesting to see if Virginians embrace their 2008 choices or reject them.  Either way, wiping out ObamaCare and starting over is extremely unlikely.  Something about horses out of the barn.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/06/this-weeks-liberal-progressive-trifecta.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/07/roanoke-times-prints-jeffersons.html
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