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Obamacare: The Wrong Direction for America
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Lenny Curry
Repealing this misguided legislation could not be more important. The government takeover ushered in by Obamacare is poised to dramatically change health care in this country, and not for the better. This should concern all Americans who strive for a freer nation and a stronger economy.
For those wondering why we are seeing an anemic economy and slow job growth, part of the answer is right in front of us. At a time when 23 million people lack full-time employment, Obamacare burdens small businesses with a dark cloud that kills jobs. At a time when our national debt has surpassed $15 trillion, Obamacare increases the deficit.
This administration promised us lower health care costs, but under President Barack Obama, the average cost of family health care premiums has actually increased from $13,375 to $15,073. To make matters worse, the president promised us that you could “keep your health care plan.” But the unfortunate reality is that even the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Obamacare could cause nearly 20 million Americans to lose their employer-provided health care plan. That may be change, but it’s not the change our country needs.
Repealing and replacing this flawed law is now necessary. And we can begin that process by electing Governor Mitt Romney this fall.
Lenny Curry is chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
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If Mr. Curry and his colleagues, including the Governor, Attorney General Bondi and the RPOF contingent of the legislature were truly opposed on constitutional grounds, and DID NOT want this in Florida, the answer and solution is quite simple. The language of a sovereign state when it speaks to Obamacare is as follows:
An Act to render null and void certain unconstitutional laws enacted by the Congress of the United States, taking control over the health insurance industry and mandating that individuals purchase health insurance under threat of penalty.
SECTION 1. The legislature of the State of ____________ finds that:
1. The People of the several states comprising the United States of America created the federal government to be their agent for certain enumerated purposes, and nothing more.
2. The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people of the several states to the federal government, and all power not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution of the United States is reserved to the states respectively, or to the people themselves.
3. The assumption of power that the federal government has made by enacting the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” interferes with the right of the People of the State of _____________ to regulate health care as they see fit, and makes a mockery of James Madison’s assurance in Federalist #45 that the “powers delegated” to the Federal Government are “few and defined”, while those of the States are “numerous and indefinite.”
SECTION 2. NEW LAW
A new section of law to be codified in the [STATE] Statutes as Section [NUMBER] of Title [NUMBER], unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Legislature of the State of _______________ declares that the federal law known as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, is not authorized by the Constitution of the United States and violates its true meaning and intent as given by the Founders and Ratifiers, and is hereby declared to be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, is specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state.
B. It shall be the duty of the legislature of this State to adopt and enact any and all measures as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” within the limits of this State.
C. Any official, agent, or employee of the United States government or any employee of a corporation providing services to the United States government that enforces or attempts to enforce an act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the government of the United States in violation of this act shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or a term of imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.
D. Any public officer or employee of the State of ____________ that enforces or attempts to enforce an act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the government of the United States in violation of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding two (2) years or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment.
E. Any aggrieved party shall also have a private action against any person violating the provisions of subsections (C) or (D).
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Nullification is a myth, and the Supreme Court has said so many times. States can not declare a federal law unconstitutional. It's called Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and "NO", you, Andrew Nappi, do not get to interpret it legally anyway you want.
Show me the Supreme Court decision that upholds your nullification - I can show you mine, including when the southern states tried it to avoid integration, that say nullification isn't constitutional, and in the American form of democracy, the Supreme Court's word is the law of tha land, except (it appears) in your delusional mind.
I think I'll just listen to the medical professionals who care about their patients, over the partisan head of the Florida Republican Party who only seems to want to make this a partisan political issue to try and win an election.
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