Reply #78: I just wish they would read the Constitution [View All]

[The Croquist]

Amendment X - Powers of the States and People.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


I see nowhere in the Constitution that says that the Federal Government has the right to require that people buy health insurance. Yes according to Article 1,Section 8, Clause 3 they are allowed:

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the
Indian Tribes

But We are not talking about interstate commerce here nor are we talking about regulation. We are talking about the government telling individuals what they have do and I don't see where they have that right. Do they have the right to order me to go pick cotton for free in a field? That counts as Interstate trade doesn't it?

Nor does it matter if a citizen of Virginia ever seeks health care anywhere but Virginia. I am not responsible for the actions of my fellow state residents. If so both you and I could be arrested anytime the Feds wanted.