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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (129153)	4/6/2012 1:20:56 PM
From: Bill	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224756

Somebody who doesn't engage in commerce is not engaging in commerce. So while congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, they don't have the power to regulate non-commerce. That was Obama's argument against the individual mandate in 2008 when he was running for president.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (129153)	4/6/2012 1:22:27 PM
From: JakeStraw	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224756

You know what's amazing Kenny Troll, that no one who voted for ObamaCare bothered to read the bill. Is that the kind of representation you like by our elected officials. Would you let a client sign a contract that he or she never read?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (129153)	4/6/2012 3:44:53 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224756

You can take the man out of Chicago but you can't take Chicago out of the man: ocregister.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (129153)	4/6/2012 4:40:59 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224756

There are no limitations in the Constitution on the power to regulate interstate commerce except those found in the Bill of Rights. The limitation is the fact that plenty of things, including the decision not to buy health insurance, are interstate commerce. Also even when considering actual interstate commerce there are restrictions outside the bill of rights. To give one example the 13th amendment would outlaw any federal attempt to make slavery legal.