Supreme Court Upholds Tax Subsidies Under Obamacare
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent.“The Court holds that when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act says ‘Exchange established by the State’ it means ‘Exchange established by the State or the Federal Government.’ That is of course quite absurd, and the Court’s 21 pages of explanation make it no less so,” Scalia wrote, who was also joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in the dissent.Scalia added, “Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is ‘established by the State.’ It is hard to come up with a clearer way to limit tax credits to state Exchanges than to use the words ‘established by the State.’ And it is hard to come up with a reason to include the words ‘by the State’ other than the purpose of limiting credits to state Exchanges.”
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I also have lived too long. The final push begun by the Marxists in the 1960s has culminated in a bloodless Coup d'etat. They now have all branches of our government under their control. Whether this will spark a counter revolution remains to be seen. I am sickened by the collapse of America and our individual rights.
All the best
j_IR1776wg
I feel as if I have lived too long... Very sad. Where is that defibrillator when you need it? A shot of adrenaline? I wish it were just a bad dream I could wake from.
I only see tougher times and an eventual meltdown in the future.
Regards,
O.A.
Gee judge, I didn't think 70 meant 70. After all, "established by the state" doesn't mean "established by the state"!
I had hoped for better from the SCOTUS, but if they can't figure out A=A, it does not bode well.
Option 1 - Depend on the spineless empty suits in the house and senate to repeal or heavily modify the Unaffordable care act....unlikely given the vertabrae shortage in that group
Option 2 - end it after it craters the economy and bankrupts the country totally. The more likely outcome...
Betting pool??
The Constitution has been reduced to words written on a piece of paper that is now only suitable for those who study the mythology of past cultures.
Section 1311 describes how states can set up plans.
A most likely prognostication. They are all spineless statists. It is only Kabuki theater with a varying matter of degrees and rhetoric. The House did vote many times to repeal O'care, but O will surely veto and congress jointly will never muster two thirds. Once again the producers get shafted with the burden,
Respectfully,
O.A.
Or we could not work, thereby not pay taxes, receive discounted or free housing, free cell phones, free food, free clothing, and Government paid for health coverage with ZERO deductibles and co pays.
Is this the end game of “”From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” when nothing is taken from some who have abilities but choose not to use them and then take more than they “need” because they can …….
or is it closer to “From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed” …..
“Who is John Galt?”
~Sigh~
Score one more for the statists and one more ignorant decision by the SCOTUS. This is not that surprising since words no longer have meaning; the Constitution suffers the same fate and no longer says what it says, but instead says what some want it to. Roberts has turned out to be a major disappointment. Since the SCOTUS is supposed to uphold the intent of Constitution instead of adjusting it to political whim, I find they have abnegated their true mission and as such have no value. Congress must now act to de-fund and whatever else they can do or they are just accomplices to despotism. If not, by the time we get a new POTUS this affront will be even more difficult if not impossible to repeal.
Respectfully,
O.A.