Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Congress Members Do Not Know the Constitution: Mandated Health Care is Not Their Business

I'm really upset about this video and article about Congress and mandated health care: A Message from Congress: No One Questions Our Authority

This is just ridiculous. I am not even a lawyer and I know that the Constitution does not provide for Congress to demand that people purchase health care. My rebuttal to their answers:

Medicaid is not mandated, so using that as an argument does not cut it.

The Commerce Clause does not demand any purchase of anything, including health care.

The fact that the Constitution says to provide for the health and welfare of the American people does not demand that people purchase health care, only that Congress is to provide for the health and welfare of the American people. Not only that, but mandated health care would mean that there would be more bureaucracy in health care, and people would not get the care they needed right away, so either way it does not provide for the health and welfare of the American people, it would only make it harder to get the care we need.

The Constitution says that what is not stated in the Constitution shall be up to the individual states. Therefore, mandated health care is not their business.

Also, are not members of Congress supposed to know the Constitution before they go into office? Do they not swear to uphold the Constitution? It surprises me that so many people in Congress say that they do not know the Constitution. I do not even study law, and I know what the Constitution does and does not provide for! The fact that they do not know is just outrageous!

Ugh. I will never understand why bureaucrats are so stupid.

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