Pro-ObamaCare Judge: Commerce Clause lets Congress Regulate Your Thoughts
In an era when voters clearly thought government was too big, too intrusive, spending and doing too much, the logical conclusion of the government take-over of health care includes the regulations of your thoughts when choosing being forced to buy your ObamaCare plan:
From Hotair: William Jacobson boils it down for you:
Our thoughts are now actions. There literally is nothing the federal government cannot regulate provided there is even a hypothetical connection to the economy, even if the connection at most is in the future.
Excuse me while I sit down and ponder all of that for a moment. Anytime you make a choice not to act you are “acting”. Therefore, the court has now decided, any decision to not to act (related to commerce) is an act and you can be therefore required to do what the government says you must do.
Or, more succinctly, you have no real choice regardless of what you decide, so sayeth the court.
If I decide not to buy a car, I’m acting, and if the government wanted to require me to buy a car, under this ruling, it could.
The One and his ObamaCare socialism are now legally — according to this Judge — allowed to regulate your thoughts.
The Dems know best for you and your family and they are forcing themselves on everyone. To say that they have shredded the intent of the Founders and the Constitution in the name of empowering their allies in government and are using the power of the State and the IRS to enforce their power grab over your wallet and your life is no overstatement.