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| Sen. Reed: Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance Like Making People 'Sign Up for the Draft' |
| 2009-11-12 |
| (CNSNews.com) -- When asked where specifically the Constitution authorized Congress to mandate that individuals buy health insurance, Sen. Jack Reed (D.-R.I.) said that he "would have to check the specific sections" but said that it was like making people "sign up for the draft." "Specifically where in the Constitution does Congress get its authority to mandate that individuals purchase health insurance?" CNSNews.com asked Reed. "Let me see," said Reed. "I would have to check the specific sections, so I'll have to get back to you on the specific section. But it is not unusual that the Congress has required individuals to do things, like sign up for the draft and do many other things too, which I don't think are explicitly contained [in the Constitution]. It gives Congress a right to raise an army, but it doesn't say you can take people and draft them. But since that was something necessary for the functioning of the government over the past several years, the practice on the books, it's been recognized, the authority to do that." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance Like Making People 'Sign Up for the Draft'" OK, Harry - so only MEN will have to buy health insurance? And only in a certain age range? Works for me. But then, I'm a woman Idiot. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-12 13:49 |
| #4 This is why you can't argue with liberals. The are either so ignorant or so dishonest that they can't give straight answers to reasonable questions. Then they can either mumble incoherently, change the subject or they can try to shout you down. They have nothing else...or, as Joe Mendiola would say, they "gut nuthin". |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-11-12 12:04 |
| #3 The draft is suddenly a good thing? |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-11-12 11:20 |
| #2 Speaker Pelosi constantly demands that health care is a “right” – not a privilege. Yet under their plan not only are they mandating that everyone exercise that right all must pay to exercise that right. And if someone doesn’t pay they can be criminally charged. Further, if they are convicted they can be fined or even jailed. Jeesh…and she gets all squishy if someone suggests that people should have proper identification to vote. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-11-12 10:05 |
| #1 But it is not unusual that the Congress has required individuals to do things, like sign up for the draft and do many other things too, which I don't think are explicitly contained [in the Constitution]. It gives Congress a right to raise an army, but it doesn't say you can take people and draft them. Idiot. It's not a "draft" Jack. It's the selective activation of the militia which Article I, Section 8 says Congress defines and does so under Title X USC, para 3.1.1. "Militia: composition and classes (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia." When you get around to a term limits amendment for Congresscritter, throw in a requirement to pass an written exam on the Constitution that is publicly posted after completion. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-12 07:28 |