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Originally Posted by JohnBua
Where does it say in the Constitution that the Federal Government is to pay for your health care?
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The same place it says the federal government can tax workers to provide income security for older americans...or use tax dollars to provide subsidies to farmers to not grow particular crops....or use proceeds of the federal gas tax to give grants to private institutions for alternative energy R&D....or to give federal tax dollars back to local governments (who in turn give those tax dollars to local organizations) for community development projects...or to use federal tax dollars to promulgate and enforce environmental regulations, etc. ("The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes....and provide for the....general Welfare of the United States").
Again, please read the discussion on the general welfare clause in the Ron Paul thread....start
here and work you way back.
Your argument that SCHIP is unconstitutional has no basis in constitutional law. In fact, in 200+ years, no legislation passed by Congress has ever been struck down as being unconstitutional because it did not serve the general welfare.