Final Thoughts Before The Big Moment ... Or, The Opening Shot Across The Bow In The Next Battle With Progressives

M2RB:  Mayday Parade

Well this is bye, bye baby
It ended like a sudden stop on a freight train
If you're not happy and you hurt this much
Then let me just stick around

Can I have one second of your time?
If I don't it'll drive me crazy
As I drop to my knees
And scream "I hate you more than you could know"

I hope you fall into the ocean
And the current leaves you helpless swimming around
As the waves crash over you until you drown and float away
And hold a funeral for nothing
And celebrate how empty love can be broken
It takes the sea to put you six feet happily underground

  "The individual mandate represents an enormous transfer of wealth, completely independent of income or social status. It transfers resources from the healthy to the sick, from the young to the old, without regard to who has more money to begin with. Democrats typically rail against supposedly regressive GOP tax proposals, but nothing the Republicans have ever cooked up compares to the individual mandate. While we’re on the subject of Democratic regressiveness, LBJ’s Medicare is a similarly regressive form of taxation, and ditto Social Security, ever since Johnson turned it into a pay-as-you-go system. Yet watch Democrats howl with outrage whenever the GOP dares suggest reforms that would alter this socially unjust status quo."

- Jay Cost

Fair warning to Progs:

In the event the individual mandate is upheld because healthcare is a "unique" market that has an "inordinate" impact on the nation's economy, please be advised that I shall forthwith beginning lobbying Congress and every other elected official (and unelected apparatchiks) to pass laws requiring all individuals and businesses to insure against financial "illness" and its "catastrophic effects, including personal bankruptcy and effects on the nation's economy." Thus, all persons owing money to any financial institution that is insured by the Federal government, including insurance companies pursuant to former Senator Chris Dodd's amendment to the FDICIA of 1991, will be forced to insure against default.

Want to buy a home and need a mortgage? You will henceforth be mandated by the Federal government to carry mortgage insurance until your mortgage is paid off regardless of your credit history, credit rating, net worth, and employment history.

Want to finance an automobile? You will henceforth be mandated by the Federal government to carry loan insurance until your loan is paid off regardless of your credit history, credit rating, net worth, and employment history.

Want to have a credit card? You will henceforth be mandated by the Federal government to carry default insurance for as long as your account is open regardless of your credit history, credit rating, net worth, and employment history.

After all, we have seen the catastrophic effects of foreclosures and other credit defaults on the economy.

Oh, and there will be no exceptions under the Community Reinvestment Act.

XOXOXO, 

Sophie


Another thought:

Ed Morrissey writes:

Of course, if that happens, be prepared for a full-court meltdown among the Left, where the argument has already arisen that the Roberts Court is the Most Activististist Court Evah, with Jeffrey Toobin and (Politico’s) Roger Simon leading the way.  Gabriel Malor demolished this argument on Twitter yesterday, and he compiled his rebuttal into a blog post this morning:

Here’s the data on the first five years of the Roberts Court (gleaned from this NYTimes infographic):

(1) The Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts overturned precedent decisions at an average rate of 2.7, 2.8 and 2.4 per term, respectively. By contrast, the Roberts Court overturned precedent only at an average rate of 1.6 per term.(2) The Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts overturned laws at an average rate of 7.9, 12.5, and 6.2 laws per term. By contrast, the Roberts Court struck down laws only 3 laws per term.

Just three laws per term! Far, far from being “eager” to overturn legislatures, as hack Toobin dribbled, and obviously, indisputably playing no unusual role in “second-guessing laws,” as Fallows alarmingly squeaked, the Roberts Court has been a model of restraint. Restraint is, naturally, one of Chief Justice Roberts’ well-known characteristics and it was remarked upon during his confirmation hearings. One could even creditably call the Roberts Court the most restrained, incrementalist Court of the modern era. (I assure you, these numbers have not changed appreciably in the past two years.)

Nice, but actually I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T.

As I have demanded of Progs and Obamacare supporters for 3 years, cite one…just one…example where the Federal government, under the auspices of the Commerce Clause, as EVER mandated individuals enter into third-party contracts with private entities for the provision/procurement of government-provided goods or services as a condition of good citizenship.

THERE IS NO PRECEDENT…which even the judges that upheld Obamacare recognised when they wrote that it was a “case of first impression.”

You cannot overturn a precedent where none exists.

A Shot Across The Bow - Mayday Parade

It's time I said this, but I'm so choked up
And I need my sanity
I'm scared, believe me
You can see me smile
If you let me just stick around

Well this is bye, bye baby
It ended like a sudden stop on a freight train
If you're not happy and you hurt this much
Then let me just stick around

Can I have one second of your time?
If I don't it'll drive me crazy
As I drop to my knees
And scream "I hate you more than you could know"

I hope you fall into the ocean
And the current leaves you helpless swimming around
As the waves crash over you until you drown and float away
And hold a funeral for nothing
And celebrate how empty love can be broken
It takes the sea to put you six feet happily underground

Now it's back to reality
I'm left in shambles but I guess that's how I should be
I knew the wedding bells were ringing loud
But my bride was missing
No, it's not supposed to hurt this much
But when someone slowly breaks it off
It tends to leave a bitter taste
A scar, that slowly rips apart
Can I have one second of your time?
If I don't it'll drive me crazy
As I drop to my knees
And scream "I hate you more than you could know"

I hope you fall into the ocean
And the current leaves you helpless swimming around
As the waves crash over you until you drown and float away
And hold a funeral for nothing
And celebrate how empty love can be broken
It takes the sea to put you six feet happily underground
Underground

I've had enough but it's all for the best
I need to get a few things off my chest
There's got to be another way I can say it
But to get it right, I have to get straight
I hope he tasted like the way I used to taste
I can't believe I'd even say this to you now
When you won't listen at all

I hope you fall into the ocean
And the current leaves you helpless swimming around
As the waves crash over you, and over you until you drown
And we'll hold a funeral for nothing
And celebrate how empty love can be broken
It takes the sea to put you six feet happily underground
It takes the sea to put you six feet happily underground