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I oppose obamacare or any federal health care system. Mainly because it is uncon stitutional.

Quick, but important constitutional lesson: To start off the Constitution states that in order for the federal government to have a power it must be given that power in the Constitution. This is called t he enumerated powers doctrine. The enumerated powers of the Constitution are la id out in Article I Section 8. There are 18 powers (somewhat summarized): 1) Collect taxes, pay debts, and provide for the common defense and general welf are of the United States. 2) Borrow money. (We sadly use this one a lot today) 3) Regulate commerce with other nations and among the states. 4) Establish an uniform rule of naturalization. 5) Coin money and regulate the value. 6) Punish counterfeiting. 7) Establish post offices. 8) Promote the progress of science and useful arts. Also help inventors and aut hors secure right over their works. (Patients) 9) Constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court. 10) Punish crimes on the high Seas. 11) Declare War. 12) Raise and support Armies. 13) Maintaining of a Navy. 14) Rules for land and naval forces. 15) Calling forth of a Militia. 16) (More Militia stuff) 17) Ruling over DC. 18) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execu tion the foregoing powers. So there are all the things that the federal government can do. I should quickl y mention that Article I section 9 has more RESTRICTIONS of what the government can't do. Also the bill of rights RESTRICTS the federal government more. I rea lly want to emphasize (especially to the Americans) that the founding fathers wr ote a Constitution to restrict what the federal government can do so that it doe sn't becoming to powerful and take away our rights or freedoms. Anyways as you can see no where in the Constitution does it allow for anything l ike federal health care. Another reason that obamacare is unconstitutional is the individual mandate. Th e individual mandate forces people to buy health insurance from a private health insurance company. Where in the Constitution is that allowed?? That would be the same as forcing every American to buy a new car every year. What a joke!! Judges have actually said this is constitutional! These are judges who have swo rn to protect the Constitution, but are really just pissing on it. I'll leave you with some quotes that have popped into my head while writing this . "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of P aul." -George Bernard Shaw "In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other." -Voltaire

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which g ranted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -James Madison And one last one from my favorite historical figure: "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to ta ke everything you have." -Thomas Jefferson

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