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Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou
The more I read about this, the less I like it. 3rd degree felony for not having health insurance? Congress being exempt from the bill, which violates the 28th amendment. Completely unrelated to Health care reform, but included in the bill: government replacing private parties for providing student loans. The Stimulus Package in 09 gave the government access to Americans' medical records.
There's some serious bullshit going on. I'm all about helping those less fortunate, but its like Jefferson said "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." That's what the last 20+ years have been working towards. Actually, this whole path started with FDR and Social Security. I don't care so much that they are making new policies to adapt to modern times, but what they are doing is lying and betraying the American people. Government officials, law makers, and the likes are sworn to uphold and protect the Constitution. The last 70 years have been spent slowly (sometimes in large chunks) cutting out, or ignoring parts of the Constitution. Income Tax should not exist unless the nation is in time of War, as in Congressionally declared war, which hasnt happened since WWII. Social security should not exist. Patriot Act, medicare, welfare, healthcare, and the IRS should not exist, as well as many other government-funded programs.
I think the US Government should come out and be straight-forward about everything. "Listen, for most of the 20th century, we have been doing shit that is in direct violation of the Constitution, and have been going against the wise advice of our founding fathers long before that. But these "violations" are what had to be done to adapt to the changing of times. So, while we are taxing the American people more money, we are providing them with more services, and becoming more present in their everyday life. Not only does this give us more money to mismanage, but also gives us more power."
Throw the Constitution away. Write a new one. Let people know truth. Or like I said, bring on the revolution.
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