Immanuel
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That's a lot of replies.
Still, no answer.
Well, from my perspective, although I am not a Republican, I am conservative and am opposed to the health care bills floating through Congress; all your questions came through after 2am. I was sawing logs.
Why haven't the Republicans tried to repeal Medicare before? Its not in the Constitution, so certainly they didn't just wake up yesterday and realize this. They have always been against it, right? Wouldn't it be unpatriotic of them to want to take our country away from us with government run medicine for seniors?
Or does the Constitution only prohibit the government from providing the middle aged and middle class with health care? If so, where does it say this?
Personally, I think the claim that health care reform is not supported by the Constitution is a poor argument. That argument can be made about most current laws. Unless the law is in direct contradiction to provisions of the Constitution such as a violation of free speech rights then the Constitution need not specifically address the issue.
Medicare and Medicaid are welfare programs. Whether or not these laws are addressed in the Constitution is immaterial. They do not directly contradict the Constitution and neither does Health Care Reform.
That does not mean that these bills entitled "Health Care Reform" are good for America. We definitely need to reform health care, but how that is done is still open for discussion.
Immie
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