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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Ron Paul issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
“I strongly disagree with today’s decision by the Supreme Court, but I am not surprised. The Court has a dismal record when it comes to protecting liberty against unconstitutional excesses by Congress.
“Today we should remember that virtually everything government does is a ‘mandate.’ The issue is not whether Congress can compel commerce by forcing you to buy insurance, or simply compel you to pay a tax if you don’t. The issue is that this compulsion implies the use of government force against those who refuse. The fundamental hallmark of a free society should be the rejection of force. In a free society, therefore, individuals could opt out of “Obamacare” without paying a government tribute.
“Those of us in Congress who believe in individual liberty must work tirelessly to repeal this national health care law and reduce federal involvement in healthcare generally. Obamacare can only increase third party interference in the doctor-patient relationship, increase costs, and reduce the quality of care. Only free market medicine can restore the critical independence of doctors, reduce costs through real competition and price sensitivity, and eliminate enormous paperwork burdens. Americans will opt out of Obamacare with or without Congress, but we can seize the opportunity today by crafting the legal framework to allow them to do so.”
Rusty on 28 Jun 2012 at 10:25 pm #
If American “conservatives” (who are radical liberals by traditional standards) want real change, they’ve had 200 years to effect it. They haven’t. They lose almost every battle and are in constant retreat. They talk conservative but are in practice simply slow liberals – they eventually adopt liberal beliefs and policies and then enforce them against us, the true conservatives/traditionalists.
Today’s decision temporarily awoke conservatives’ from their stupid football fixation but the anger will not last. Soon they will be cheering Romney’s version of bigger government. A few years out they will be puzzled as to why they are still losing ground to liberalism.
People get the kind of government they want and deserve. Westerners are fat, dumb, and happy, historically speaking. The two generations before me spend 20-40 years in retirement using my tax money. They simply don’t care about their children and grandchildren enough to do anything about it. Way too few do. Nothing will change until the free money stops coming, and that will be a long, long way off because the govt/banksters control the money, the media, the laws, and the bureacracy and can keep up the deception for a very long time.
We are a tiny minority with no voice and no hope for one. It is time to stop complaining and accept that, and start making other preparations.
JDP on 29 Jun 2012 at 6:27 am #
“rejection of force” — yeah, Ron Paul is the TruCon and not a dumbass wannabe anarchist. hyperbole? maybe, but i’m not the one who says dumb shit like this and has a bunch of jaded knowitall kids eat it up.