Opposition to the Decision
“Time to find an island where an individual still has rights and Liberty. This Government has taken over our decision making for us. Why bother with a Supreme Court anymore?” —
“Tax Alert! The Supreme Court decision on Obamacare means that beginning in 2013 the 2.9% Medicare tax will be expanded to all rental income, dividends, interest and other unearned income. The mandate also supports the probability that the 1% bank deposit tax will be implemented in 2013. The bank tax will place a 1% fee on all deposits you make inclusive of gross receipts of a small business deposited into a bank.” —
“It is constitutional as a TAX --- a very large new TAX-- but Obama promised his plan wouldn't be a tax. It was his lawyers who when backed into a corner switch the wording while arguing the case. They did what consumers used to call "bait and switch". If you don't report it that way you are dishonest. It is a TAX- a very very large new TAX.” —
“Sad day for a formerly free America.” —
“The USA is dead! Long live the USSA. The Supreme Court has ruled, the Federal government can force you to do anything. Failure to do their bidding will result in a tax, failure to pay the tax results in the seizure of all your property and jail.” —
Supporting the Supreme Court
“Briefly, the arguments against were mainly political aiming to destabilize Obama by denying him his signature legislation--do anything to defeat him in November. After all, it was initially a Republican initiative. The arguments against were specious and full of distortions, e.g. personal medical decisions made by bureaucrats, stripping of individual liberties, massive expense, catastrophic loss of jobs, etc.” —
“Finally this ridiculous debate is over and no American in this, the greatest and wealthiest country in the world, will go without health care.” — .
“I am a Republican who approves the USSC decision. I am also almost 75 and live on Social Security and Medicare so that I have no problems with the bill that Congress passed and the President signed into law. Some who may be younger than myself may have some problem with certain parts of the new law.” —
We probably will not see too much opposition from families with children getting cancer treatment, or from families with a member with a serious pre-condition or disability. This bill also forces insurance companies to pay for all aspects of women's preventative health care including mammograms and other screenings, and contraceptives. As a woman, I don't want insurance companies denying me my basic health care screenings just because I'm a woman. I mean, the bill is not perfect, but it takes implentation to figure out what will work. Social security and medicare were not perfect. This is the first step in the right direction... If you don't like it, you can move to Canada, Europe, Germany, Russia, France..South America (popular places to move, apparently), but you will run into the same thing... Universal Healthcare is a growing trend that is already being implemented in most modern cultures.
There are economic benefits to this... a lot more people won't loose their home after they get sick or end up with a 'pre condition'. This isn't a socialist policy at all because it encourages independent insurance companies to cover people, but more fairly than they have in the past. We may see growth in competing insurance companies.
And, The government does offer free cell phones and services for people who can't afford cellphones, because it is safer to have one. http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1761