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Originally Posted by dc_dux
That is not an answer. I'm not suggesting Congress can mandate anything they want.
Health care = general welfare
So how is the mandate not within Congress's power: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; |
That's the general welfare of the U.S. as a nation not the welfare of the people who live in it, that would be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Funny but that's exactly what this bill is doing to our nation right now, it is threatening the general welfare of these great United States.