In 1919, the federal government wanted to make the sale of alcohol illegal. They had to first have the people approve an amendment to our Constitution to make the prohibition law legal. Later, the Constitution was amended by the people to rescind the government’s power to prohibit of the sale of alcohol. Then recently the federal government wanted to make it illegal to sell a certain kind of insurance policy. They passed a law to do this without first having the Constitution amended as they had to do in 1919. Why not? Why is it unconstitutional for the federal government to prohibit the sale of alcohol but constitutional for it to prohibit the sale of an insurance policy to a willing buyer?
Jack C. McVickers
Scottsdale
truth posted at 3:18 pm on Wed, Apr 18, 2012.
There are over 313 million Americans who pay for their health care, there are 50 million Americans who don't pay for their health care, costing the 313 million Americans who do pay more than $313 billion dollars in additional health care cost.[sad][sad][sad]
Rich posted at 3:48 pm on Wed, Apr 18, 2012.
Jack,
It's called 'hubris'. When politicians do it, it's called tragedy.
Truth,
Almost no one pays for health care. People support a criminal enterprise called 'health insurance' and most 'health care professionals' won't accept you if you try to actually pay for it. Supporting a protection racket and paying for a service are quite different things.
Dale Whiting posted at 4:31 am on Thu, Apr 19, 2012.
Jack,
Judging from the above responses, the answer to your questions is a "No, there is no simple explanation for why. Looks like you'll just have to live with it!"