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Originally Posted by guy44
Well, its good to see the constitutional scholars making their voices heard.
The government requires you to buy car insurance if you want to drive. I'm not a constitutional scholar either, but it appears that nobody of any consequence actually believes any of these crazy "it is not constitutional" arguments. Certainly none of the legit con law scholars. I'm pretty content with that.
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It's been pointed out that auto insurance is an entirely different case. This issue, by the way, is significant on both sides of the debate. A few weeks ago I was at a meeting of the Progressive Democrats of America and they were expressing their hopeful belief that if a bill is passed with a mandate and without a public option, it will end up overturned in court. Even the people who support reform recognize that a mandate, especially without a public option, represents more money for the insurance companies and nothing else.
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
Do you think any states will opt out?
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Absolutely. Texas and South Carolina, for starters.