Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was asked: "Where specifically does the constitution give Congress the authority to mandate citizens purchase health care?"
His answer: "The very first enumerated power is the power to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare, so it's right there on the front end".
You have got to be kidding! Really? The preamble of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the authority to mandate that citizens purchase health care, or else? No! Let me see what it says....
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
I don't see it. Do you? I don't see anything even remotely related to demanding that citizens purchase health care. I don't see anything in there about demanding that citizens do anything.
No comments:
Post a Comment