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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Road Walker who wrote (23841)	6/28/2012 3:51:26 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 42652

That doesn't cut it since Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution requires that direct taxes imposed by the national government be apportioned among the states on the basis of population. "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers" en.wikipedia.org That doesn't apply to indirect taxes, but indirect taxes under constitutional law are excise taxes, not taxes on people. It also doesn't apply to income taxes since the passage of the 16th amendment, but this is not a taxed on income. It seems like Roberts was reluctant to the PPACA down, but didn't want to remove almost all limits on federal government power down (other than the direct prohibitions, primarily in the amendments, esp. the bill of rights), so he picked this as a compromise. In practical terms it is something of a compromise, but I don't see how it makes any sense as a matter of constitutional law.

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