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To: carranza2 who wrote (493383)6/29/2012 10:56:54 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793917
 
It simply shifts one tired justification - the Commerce Clause - for another

I think so too. The taxing power was already broad and permitted Congress to engage in non-enumerated exercises of power under the guise of taxing and spending for the general welfare. Now, that power has been expanded to cover any conceivable activity - or lack of activity.

At least the Commerce Clause jurisprudence put some breaks on. Taxing and spending has few limits. The Constitution is springing leaks and we're taking water.
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