December 23, 2009
Moronic elected officials (sworn to uphold the Constitution) finally realize health care bill is unconstitutional

Posted at 1:30 pm, in: Health Care
Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal Government, Fifth Amendment, House of Representatives, John Ensign, Republicans, Robert Gibbs, Senate, State of the Union

Finally, the people who have sworn to uphold the Constitution start to question whether or not the health care bill is constitutional:

Congressional Republicans plan to mount a last-ditch challenge Wednesday to the health care bill now moving through the Senate, arguing that a key provision is unconstitutional.

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada, has claimed the bill’s requirement that all Americans purchase coverage is not authorized “by any of the limited enumerated powers granted to the federal government.” He also has argued the mandate violates the Fifth Amendment, which states that private property shall not “be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Congress lacks “the legal or moral authority to force this mandate on its citizens,” Ensign recently said. “Is it really constitutional for this body to tell all Americans that they must buy health insurance coverage?”

Democrats are expected to defeat Ensign’s point of order and pass a motion Wednesday setting the stage for final passage of the sweeping $871 billion measure. A final vote on the bill is currently set for Thursday morning.

Any measure passed by the Senate would still have to be merged with the $1 trillion version approved by the House of Representatives in November.

Democrats hope to have a bill ready for President Barack Obama’s signature before the president’s State of the Union address early next year.

“Health care reform is not a matter of if,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. “Health care reform now is a matter of when.”

How can people elected and sworn to uphold the Constitution have taken this long to see the errors of this health bill’s ways? Are you effing kidding me? BHO is a constitutional lawyer, for goodness sake. These people know that this bill is unconstitutional, and not just because it mandates everyone carry some form of insurance. The government has no right to provide you with free health care at my expense. Period.

Unfortunately, just like these idiots in Washington, most people in America don’t get this either. It’s all about me, me, me. Give me, give me, give me! Our entitlement society is making me sick. The other day I was, mistakenly, told that the health care bill had passed in the middle of the night. The anger that rose up inside of me was shocking, even to myself.

It’s time citizens start taking responsibility. We are all confused, distracted masses. Most people don’t know what the Constitution says, never mind what it means or authorizes. And, when it doesn’t fit their purposes, they disregard the document as they see fit. For example, we protect “rights” that are no where to be found in the document (think abortion) while infringing upon rights that are explicitly stated (think gun control). But, the public doesn’t care.

I’m angry because I just don’t get it. Why does the public and our elected officials not understand that greatness that is America? There is a reason we stand alone as the world’s only super power. I believe in American exceptionalism. We are leaders, not followers. There are plenty of countries that have already implemented these economically disastrous policies. You want free health care? Move to somewhere that provides it! No one is asking you to stay. Get out!

If you don’t like our Constitution or what it protects and prohibits then either amend it according to the procedures laid out at our founding or get out of our country. The principles embodied in that document is what makes this country great. You want to follow the European model? Why? What do any of those countries have going for them that is so effing great?

This is a governmental power grab. Plain and simple. I’m sick of people claiming not to have time for politics or who just aren’t interested. How could you not be interested in decisions that will dictate your life? How could you not make time for that? Put down the IPod, forget who is the latest star about to be born on American Idol, and start to pay attention to these morons who will take your money and strip you of your liberty all in the pursuit of maintaining and growing their own power. I almost can’t deal with it anymore. I can only blame the politicians for so long. What about all of you who keep supporting them and voting them in?