- In my column for The Week, I game out the possible outcomes and predict their impact on the political landscape in this election season
- The Supreme Court seems ready to strike down at least some portion of the PPACA on Thursday, and as I wrote in my column, those options are almost unrelentingly bad for Obama.
- The more I think about this, the more I think a middle ground solution might be less likely.
- Americans don’t want a federal government that can mandate purchases of private-sector goods and services, no matter how beneficial the governing class believes them to be. This could very well be a turning point that redefines and contracts federal reach
An individual mandate goes against the intent of the Constitution, as the framers didn't want the federal government to act upon individuals. That's why the Constitution had to be amended to allow for an income tax-- because it has to act upon individuals. Obamacare has to be enforced by tax code, otherwise, there is no legal basis for enforcement under the Constitution. But what does health care have to do with income taxes? It is an awkward enforcement method and for that reason alone, it should go. Not to mention that nobody likes the IRS anyway. If this bill is upheld, the IRS is going to get a lot bigger.
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