Health Care Reform, Because Why Shouldn't I Comment Too?

[whirlwindmonk]

Yeah, everybody wants to have a say. Fortunately, this is America, so we get one, whether anyone listens or not. But anyway, I'm not going to try to analyze that 1000 page monstrosity of legal mumbo-jumbo or anything insane like that. Really, what spawned this is I was reading stuff on the reform and found an editorial on cnn.com. Health bill

Comments

[whirlwindmonk]

Oh boy! My very own spammer! And he speaks in nonsense with improper punctuation and grammar, spouting ridiculous ideas with no support! All I need now is someone to question some else's sexual preferences, and my LJ will officially be an internet forum!

[engelhardtlm1]

A few points

[whirlwindmonk]

"'You must buy this' is law for auto insurance in many states. Of course, that is conditional on having a driver's license or car. So, it's not quite the same."

It's also different in that it's a State law, rather than a Federal one. Is it still ok? I dunno. I do feel like given the way the Constitution grants power between the Federal and the State governments, it'd be difficult to use a state power to argue precedent for a federal power

[engelhardtlm1]

Agreed. Assuming that federalism means anything, it would mean that state law shouldn't provide a precedent for federal law

[whirlwindmonk]

So, in other words, it's probably actually cheaper for Joe Average to just eat the fines, and then get insurance if something happens. Is there a single stated goal of this plan that will actually work?