The Infidel
EVIL CONSERVATIVE
That's now how rights work. There is no law allowing the government to compel them to purchase a product at the federal level. The government doesn't have that right.Under the United States Constitution, Do Individual Citizens
have the Right NOT to purchase a Product or Service?
* The United States Congress lacks the political will to be honest with Americans by taxing citizens directly to pay for Obama Care; but because direct taxation would have been unpopular, such a method for paying for Health Care Reform would have made said Reform un-passable. Thus, requiring citizens to buy health insurance is actually a form of taxation through the back door. [#12]
* Before passing the Universal Health Care Bill, the Senate questioned whether they had constitutional authority to require all citizens to buy Health Insurance. For this reason, in 2009 the Senate Finance Committee asked the Congressional Research Service to render an opinion about the constitutionality of the mandate can the Fed force citizens to buy a good or service? The Senate Research Service concluded: "Whether such a requirement would be constitutional under the Commerce Clause is perhaps the most challenging question posed by such a proposal, as it is a novel issue whether Congress may use this Clause to require an individual to purchase a good or a service." In other words, this issue is uniquely "new" and has never been addressed by the Supreme Court. [#15]
Does Federal Government have Authority to Force Citizens to Buy Health Insurance under Penalty of Law?
Except for car insurance.
Your honor, let the court put into record the ABSOLUTE ignorance of the witness... I vote to acquit on the basis of insanity