Comments on: Counterparties http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/28/counterparties-507/ A slice of lime in the soda Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: realist50 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/28/counterparties-507/comment-page-1/#comment-37423 realist50 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:08:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=12790#comment-37423 +1 to Morgantown Joe. Whether something is or is not a good idea is a different question than whether or not it is Constitutional. +1 to Morgantown Joe. Whether something is or is not a good idea is a different question than whether or not it is Constitutional.

]]> By: MorgantownJoe http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/28/counterparties-507/comment-page-1/#comment-37416 MorgantownJoe Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:51:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=12790#comment-37416 It is possible think the health care act is important and that the constitution is more important. The constitution is more than an inkblot on the commerce clause. It is possible think the health care act is important and that the constitution is more important.

The constitution is more than an inkblot on the commerce clause.

]]> By: mfw13 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/28/counterparties-507/comment-page-1/#comment-37414 mfw13 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:57:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=12790#comment-37414 I'm a liberal, but I also find idea of forcing everyone to purchase insurance from FOR PROFIT companies to be rather disturbing. Forced to buy insurance from the government or a non-profit/not-for-profit...fine....forced to buy insurace from a greedy corporation seeking to maximize its shareholders profits...that I have a problem with. I’m a liberal, but I also find idea of forcing everyone to purchase insurance from FOR PROFIT companies to be rather disturbing. Forced to buy insurance from the government or a non-profit/not-for-profit…fine….forced to buy insurace from a greedy corporation seeking to maximize its shareholders profits…that I have a problem with.

]]> By: Curmudgeon http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/28/counterparties-507/comment-page-1/#comment-37405 Curmudgeon Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:13:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=12790#comment-37405 I think we need a change to our health care system, and I understand the economic need for everyone to be enrolled in it. But I think that forcing everyone to purchase commercial insurance is legally and constitutionally untenable. When Obama had both houses of Congress, why didn't the democrats make it a tax instead (largely rhetorical question)? Or why didn't they take on the commercial insurance lobby and make it a fully government program (also rhetorical question)? It seems that simply to pass something the democrats could agree on, they made a pact with the devil that could never survive. And I'm not even going to touch the cost argument, which is a big red herring. I think we need a change to our health care system, and I understand the economic need for everyone to be enrolled in it. But I think that forcing everyone to purchase commercial insurance is legally and constitutionally untenable. When Obama had both houses of Congress, why didn’t the democrats make it a tax instead (largely rhetorical question)? Or why didn’t they take on the commercial insurance lobby and make it a fully government program (also rhetorical question)? It seems that simply to pass something the democrats could agree on, they made a pact with the devil that could never survive.

And I’m not even going to touch the cost argument, which is a big red herring.

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