The office of Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas) released on March 18, 2010, the following:
“An analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee estimates 16,500 new IRS agents will be needed to collect, examine, and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses. New tax mandates and penalties included in Obamacare will cause the greatest expansion of the IRS since World War II. Scores of new federal mandates and 15 different tax increases totaling $400 Billion are imposed under the Democratic House bill. In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses will be forced to reveal further tax information to the IRS, and provide “PROOF” (my capitalization) of government approved health care.”
As a diligent monitor of my own 8th Amendment rights, I did not read the entire health care bull, but it was evident in the ramp-up to the final vote on this manufactured sludge that the IRS would be a vital component with respect to compliance. Hmmmm. Are things becoming clearer now? This entire hustle was done completely and unreservedly by design, and the prestidigitation was perpetrated with intent, and with malice, and with an eye on reducing personal liberty from the day it was conceived, which is a cultured way of saying they were lying their butts off. The only thing remaining was for Chief Jester Roberts to tangentially spin out of control and attempt a blend of alchemy and animal husbandry, and provide a profoundly specious clarification about something that looked like a duck, quacked like a duck, and flew like a duck. With no legal basis whatsoever and under the most bewildering and fractured logic, he instead declared the duck to be a pelican, and the next thing we know the largest tax increase in the world was given to America like a gigantic suppository.
One may only conclude that Roberts is receiving treatment from the same doctor who prescribes medication to Nancy Pelosi, or speculate he might be personally compromised ala John Edwards with pictures and negatives in reserve, for he was not just content to ignore the administration’s refusal to enforce federal immigration law earlier in the week, he performed an encore presentation which exposed him as a man intent upon distinguishing himself not as a jurist, but instead as one who fancies himself god-like, and instead of providing sage guidance as a Chief Justice he etched his image in history as one wearing pointed slippers and a hat with a little bell at the end of it because of his propensity to dodge or be a lap-dog.
There was a path for Mr. Roberts to follow if he was so intent upon writing legislation; he could have run for Congress. Instead he sits somewhat uneasily as a man who inexplicably and apparently believes himself to be someone who is everything to all people, and in so doing, he betrayed the trust of his assignment, exposed himself as a grandstanding egoist or compromised fool, and defecated on the position to which he mysteriously was assigned over the enormously distinguished and profoundly erudite and brilliant Justice Scalia. After what he has endured this week, there isn’t a soul who should find fault to learn The Honorable Antonin Scalia decided to end his celebrated tenure on The Court with a permanent intravenous drip of Single Malt Scotch.
The last I checked, we have not been attacked by the blond haired and blue eyed Swedes, Danes, Finns, or Norwegians, but we HAVE been under assault both by acts of war as well as infiltration by dark skinned foreigners. That is not a racist remark; it is a fact. Hence, “profiling”, aka, asking for documentation of foreign-speaking malingerers who magically appear inside our borders is not racist at all and instead a component of common sense with respect law enforcement, yet this very same swing vote jester just re-wrote law to insist American citizens must now produce “PROOF” of government healthcare while simultaneously suggesting that asking for verification of alien riff-raff is somehow a violation, thereby granting citizen rights to non-citizens while treating citizens like foreigners. Such is the problem when principle takes a back seat to subjective interpretation of law for personal aggrandizement, or to feed some other personal serpent.
Of course, no analysis of the past week’s activities would be complete without a comment on Eric Holder, a man encharged with upholding the law who somehow feels he is above it. He was asked to comply with a subpoena, and for reasons upon which there is endless speculation, decided to comply with only the parts he deemed necessary, which is categorically not the role for him or any other lawyer or individual to assume. Yet, the race card cudgel was drawn and flashed in a most predictable fashion in an attempt to distract everyone from his blatant disregard for common obeisance.
Representative Darrell Issa has been firm, fair, and the model of decorum in fulfilling his duties as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, and not only dissected Holder through carefully crafted examination, exposed him as the arrogant servant of a corrupt administration. Make no mistake that Mr. Issa was the beneficiary of a Deep Throat in the Department of Justice, for he demonstrated he knew what Holder refused to submit, and repeatedly allowed Holder to bury himself.
When the Fast and Furious scandal first broke it was because of a couple conscientious whistle blowers in Justice who were summarily disciplined while their superiors were left unscathed. The reality, of course, is that while staffing a department with sycophantic wannabes, there is always the chance that someone of conscience will slip through the screening process, and that is exactly what contributed to Mr. Issa’s diligent examination and Holder’s self-induced ruin. The documents he wished so badly to hide were without question in the hands of the committee Chair, and the more belligerent Holder became, the further he was allowed by Mr. Issa to excavate his final resting place.
Once again, those facts are conveniently or otherwise lost among Democratic leadership, which should have privately pressured Mr. Obama to take this pathetic act off the stage long ago. The party, unfortunately, is too content and too lazy, and so reliant on injecting race as an all purpose white-out for their foibles, that when it lost traction this time around it was flummoxed, and the result was a perfect comeuppance for believing they could routinely manipulate a tragic situation into another afterthought or sideshow.
If two dogs bark during the night and everyone sleeps through it, did they really make a noise?
My esteemed colleague, Mr. Massie, and I would like to think we contributed to waking people from their slumber.
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I got selected for an tax examination. My lawyer was so fine, the Internal revenue service wound up owing me a refund for deductions my CPA forgot to claim.
Great point, Woody.
Reminds me of the adage that those who do not learn from their mistakes are destined to repeat them.
From your essay: “16,500 new IRS agents will be needed to collect, examine, and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses.”
From the Declaration of Independence: “He has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance.” – Thomas Jefferson, and others
No other comment is necessary
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I wonder if the police in Arizona are going to be allowed to ask anyone they stop for proof of health insurance?
BS is putting it mildly, Marilyn.
Just one step closer to Cuba, Russia, and more than a handful of other dictatorial regimes. It’s time we make them eat THEIR vegetables instead of them telling us what is good for us and that we’d better like it or lump it.
Time for a flush, wouldn’t you agree?
DLB,
The actions and cover-up jointly perpetrated by Holder and Obama can’t make you feeling much better.
Dan, still perplexed about the recent ruling on the Government selling health insurance. Guess I’m really dumb! Over sixteen thousand IRS agents. That should save a lot of our tax dollars!?!? Just wait until the bucks start rolling into the government from mandated government insurance (that they are SELLING) and watch health care program go broke! Social Security and Medicare are broke. Gee, I wonder how that happened?! It will be interesting to see how penalties will become tax money that Congress Can manipulate. As I understand, Congress can’t demand penalty money but only tax money. When some little business person doesn’t pay up, he/she is panalized but it’s not called penaly but taxes. If the business person doesn’t pay the penalty-tax or either, Go to Tax Court or Penalty Court? What a bunch of bs!
“American citizens must now produce “PROOF” of government healthcare while simultaneously suggesting that asking for verification of alien riff-raff is somehow a violation, thereby granting citizen rights to non-citizens while treating citizens like foreigners.”
Wow, I didn’t make that connection, how true! You should have seen what my son was told to bring to the DMV to get a driver’s license… but to vote, no problem, walk right up. It is so maddening.
This latest move by the Chief Justice just adds to my feeling that we are no longer a nation of laws.
Just one more and I’ll shut my face for a while. We’ve seen that a huge lie was perpetrated on the citizenship by Obama and the Democrats (and a few Republicans to be fair and balanced). One that will cost the middle class and not just those making over $250,000/year, trillions over the next decade, regardless of what was promised. That’s what the CBO says and it’s supposed to be non partisan. I’m sure that’s true so long as they say what any particular special interest group agrees with. I’m sure they are better accountants than Barry is a lawyer (oh wait!! He and the Mrs. turned over their law degrees for some reason. Probably because they couldn’t find the money to pay for their renewal if there is such a thing).
At the same time, our judicial system (not just the Supremes) seems to be making up the rules as they go along, with a special nod to Justice Kagan, who we know is biased and a liar to boot. The act was supposed to save us money. Anyone want to lay down a bet that we don’t see doctors, hospitals or drug costs go down a dime? When those higher costs show up they’ll come up with the tried and true “You won’t believe how much it would have cost if we hadn’t written this law and initiated the tax”, which they’ll still call a penalty.
At virtually the same time we’ve found out about “Fast and Furious” and the lies and blocks of the Justice Department as ably led by Eric Holder. I’m sure we’re not smart enough to connect the dots between this mismanaged, illegal and mismanaged plot and the recent executive order barring certain documents called for by Isaacs’ committee be turned over. This one we now know per Nancy Pelosi is a disguised racist plot to “get” the sparkling clean Eric Holder who has been the very picture of honesty and cooperation. I wonder how long it will take “Stretch” Pelosi, Reid, Jackson, Sharpton, and Sheila Jackson to claim that the battle over this piece of legislation and tax increase is another example of Republican and liberal racism which in fact is just another example of them trying to get Obama just because he’s black?
I’d bet that the hard core supporters could stand in a circle and watch either of these pillars of the community slit the throat of a baby and swear they didn’t do it.
November is our last chance. Let’s not blow it.
I’m with you on that Dan. I don’t care why it’s done, I just want to see this pack of liars and crooks out of office.
I just saw Debbie whats her face the Senator from Florida saying (as if she knew what she was talking about) that it wasn’t a tax (that ship has sailed Debbie. It’s not your call.) and she wishes the Republicans would just get past it and get on with business. I’ll bet they’d like to get past it. Right now every day shows that they are liars to the citizens of the United States and that’s what they’d like to get past. I hope the Republicans throw another faggot on the fire and roast them all until and past the upcoming election.
Never let an Obama crisis go to waste to coin a phrasw (with help from Rahm).
Mssrs Berdner and Phillips,
Aristotle said it best: law is reason, free from passion.
While I appreciate your feedback, I cannot agree with your assessment or that of Krauthammer, either, for once again, it is not the role of a Supreme Court Justice to rule on anything BESIDES the constitutionality of a law. The law was unconstitutional as written, it was the role of Roberts to identify its shortcomings with respect to the constitution, and it is categorically not in his purview to do anything other than that.
Read Jan Crawford’s latest article and I’m sure you’ll see a far less brilliant chief justice in addition to a man with a pliable spine.
Deb,
We’re offer a full-service shock collar treatment.
Thanks in advance for passing it along.
Thanks for sharing, Dennis McCutcheon, AND, thanks for sharing.
Well said, Sumitch.
It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s ignorance, incompetence, or skullduggery————–no such scenario is acceptable.
Thanks, Storm.
You already see the “Heisman Pose” among Democrats trying to distance themselves from Obama by announcing they will not attend the DNC Convention. Many of them are in tight races and cannot afford the guilt by association, though I hope their token moves are seen for what they are: too little, and too late.
Amen, Jim.
The legislative branch is Congress and NOT the judiciary.
I’m not sure who said it first, but I’m with Tom Berdner and Charles Krautzhammer on Justice Roberts. I felt at first that Roberts had caved out of fear but I was wrong. He simply outmaneuvered everyone and put the ball back in hands of the people’s representatives where it should be. If enough voters have the good sense to vote out the present administration then perhaps our representatives will right the wrongs of the past. I hope this doesn’t sound like I’m whistling past the graveyard.
Thank you Dan,for giving me a little jolt – I did NOT think of the health care yoke vis-a vis the immigration open door policy…..THANKS. I am definately sharing this article!
Keep barking gentlemen. sharing on facebook.
Dennis McCutcheon
I’m still not sure who it is that is the real #1 liar in this steaming pile of fecal matter. First, I wonder if Obama knew it was a tax and lied about it continuously or did he honestly (for a change) believe it was a penalty? Next comes the House of Representatives. Did they know it was a tax and when Obama kept insisting that it wasn’t, giving them convenient cover if and when the feces hit the whirling blades in that they could say I didn’t know it was a tax and went along with Obama? Third, has this been a Vast LEFT wing conspiracy all along? Last, was Chief Justice Roberts in on the scam, lie or mistake all along and played his part when the time came?
If Obama knew it was a tax all along and kept lying about it, he should be impeached and found guilty of lying to Congress (Why should Holder be the only one in this administration accused of it), stripped of his lifelong perks and benefits and spend some quiet time in Gitmo where I’m sure he would find some friends to feel sorry for him. If he honestly thought it was a penalty, then he didn’t know what he was talking about (highly possible) and given that he is a self proclaimed authority on the Constitution (not just a lecturer at a college, which he has also lied about), then how can we be told that he is the smartest person to ever occupy the White House? If the House fits either of the two above scenarios , each one voting for it should be voted out of office in the next election (fingers crossed here, no matter why). If Chief Justice Roberts fits either of the above, at the least he should be removed from The Supreme Court by impeachment now that he has proven that he is no Constitutional scholar or, if he was in on the alleged scam, he should face a public firing squad with first row tickets sold at a premium. I wouldn’t be opposed to the latter for the whole pack of thieves. Side bar here; since when did a judge get the authority to re-write a law suit so that it fit his determination of the outcome?
Given the above and who knows how much more, I sincerely hope that this coming election we have a house cleaning that makes the 2010 voter uprising look like a practice run. For too long the voters have set back and been led around like a bull (or heifer) with a ring in its nose. Congress has voted themselves into the equivalent of royalty, little by little and they need to be reminded that we have no royalty in the United States.
Whatever the case, if the Tree of Liberty must be nourished from time to time, doesn’t it also need the occasional pruning? November is the time. Get these criminals, liars and suede shoe operators out of our hair before force must be used to protect the Constitution and OUR NATION.
Dan, We are obviously a Zombie Nation thanks to our indoctrination centers, commonly referred to Schools. Hitler knew that if you control a child at an early enough age, you can mold his mind into whatever ideology you wish. A couple more generations and the “education system” will be turning out Pelosi and ObaMAO Clones en mass.
By voting ObaMAO Care as a tax for non compliance, Justice Roberts has shown that this administration lied about it being a penalty, as well as throwing the issue back to the voter and the States. As Conservatives, we must seize the moment drive home the theft of freedom and choice this monstrosity of a law will inflict. Perhaps the Arizona ruling was another opportunity to awake the Zombies to the Federal and Illegal invasion going on in America.
Watch the squirming and back pedaling of those Legislators that voted for ObaMAO Care as they try to justify their unleashing the largest tax increase ever and the further raiding of Medicare.
It ain’t over, ’til it’s over!
June 28, 2012
To all my friends, particularly those conservatives who are despondent over the searing betrayal by Chief Justice John Roberts and the pending demise of our beloved country, I offer this perspective to convey some profound hope and evidence of the Almighty’s hand in the affairs of men in relation to the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare.
I initially thought we had cause for despondency when I only heard the results of the decision and not the reason or the make-up of the sides. I have now read a large portion of the decision and I believe that it was precisely the result that Scalia, Alito, Thomas, Roberts and even Kennedy wanted and not a defeat for conservatism or the rule of law. I believe the conservatives on the court have run circles around the liberals and demonstrated that the libs are patently unqualified to be on the Supreme Court. Let me explain.
First let me assure you that John Roberts is a conservative and he is not dumb, mentally unstable, diabolical, a turncoat, a Souter or even just trying to be too nice. He is a genius along with the members of the Court in the dissent. The more of the decision I read the more remarkable it became. It is not obvious and it requires a passable understanding of Constitutional law but if it is explained, anyone can see the beauty of it.
The decision was going to be a 5-4 decision no matter what, so the allegation that the decision was a partisan political decision was going to be made by the losing side and their supporters. If the bill was struck down completely with Roberts on the other side there would have been a national and media backlash against conservatives and probably strong motivation for Obama supporters to come out and vote in November. With today’s decision that dynamic is reversed and there is a groundswell of support for Romney and Republicans, even for people who were formerly lukewarm toward Romney before today, additionally Romney raised more than 3 million dollars today.
Next, merely striking the law without the support of Democrats and libs would have left the fight over the commerce clause and the “necessary and proper “ clause and the federal government’s role in general festering and heading the wrong way as it has since 1942. As a result of the decision the libs are saying great things about Roberts; how wise, fair and reasonable he is. They would never have said that without this decision even after the Arizona immigration decision on Monday. In the future when Roberts rules conservatively it will be harder for the left and the media to complain about the Robert’s Court’s fairness. That’s why he as Chief Justice went to the other side for this decision not Scalia, Alito, Thomas or Kennedy, all of whom I believe would have been willing to do it.
Next let’s look at the decision itself. Thankfully Roberts got to write it as Chief Justice and it is a masterpiece. (As I write this the libs don’t even know what has happened they just think Roberts is great and that they won and we are all going to have free, unlimited healthcare services and we are all going to live happily ever after.) He first emphatically states that Obamacare is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause saying you cannot make people buy stuff. Then he emphatically states that it is unconstitutional under the “necessary and proper” clause which only applies to “enumerated powers” in the US Constitution. Justices Ginsberg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan all went along with these statements. They never would have gone along with that sentiment if that was the basis for striking the law in total. This is huge because this means that the Court ruled 9-0 that Obamacare was unconstitutional under the Commerce clause which was Obama’s whole defense of the bill. They also ruled 9-0 on the “necessary and proper” clause. Even better both of these rulings were unnecessary to the decision so it is gravy that we got the libs to concede this and it will make it easier to pare away at both theories in the future, which we must do. Well done.
Roberts, through very tortured reasoning, goes on to find that the taxing law provides the Constitutionality for the law. Virtually everyone agrees that the Federal government has the power to do this as it does with the mortgage deduction for federal income taxes. This too is huge because Obama assiduously avoided using the term “tax” and now he has to admit this law is a tax and it is on everyone even the poor. That will hurt him hugely in the polls and will help Romney. More importantly though is the fact that this makes this a budgetary issue that can be voted on in the Senate by a mere majority instead of 60 votes needed to stop a filibuster. That means that if the Republicans can gain a majority in the Senate, it can vote to repeal Obamacare in total.
Finally the Court voted 7-2 to strike down the punitive rules that take away money from states that do not expand Medicare as required in Obamacare. This too is huge because we got Kagan and Breyer to join this decision and it can easily be applied to many other cases of extortion the Federal government uses to force states to do things they don’t want to.do This is also amazing because Obamacare has no severability clause so by striking the Medicaid mandate portion as unconstitutional the whole bill should have been struck. If that happened none of these other benefits would have been accomplished. I haven’t read far enough to know how he did it but I am sure it is brilliant.
So to recap, the Roberts court through a brilliant tactical maneuver has:
• Strengthened the limitations of the commerce clause and the necessary and proper clause by a unanimous decision
• Made Obama raise taxes on the poor and middle classes
• Converted Obamacare into a tax program repealable with 51 votes in the Senate
• Enhanced Romney’s and Republican’s fundraising and likelihood of being elected in November
• Weakened federal extortion
• Got the left to love Roberts and sing his praises all without anyone even noticing. Even Obama is now espousing the rule of law just 2 weeks after violating it with his deportation executive order. [of course, he has no moral values and always lies]
That is why I have decided this was a genius decision today not to mention U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder being held in contempt. What a day.
Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.
Ronald Reagan
Excuse me. I attributed this article to Mychal instead of Dan. My apology to the author.
Thanks Mychal. Obviously, Roberts is more concerned about his own legacy than he is about his job which should be upholding the Constitution. It could be that we are now looking at a leftist leaning Court, for the first time in years.
My exact sentiments…was waiting to here you put it the way I wanted to say it…but was unable.I would have never thought roberts to be a traitor !!!Hopefully, in Nov. we can make since or reason for this act.In interviews prior to his oath…the judge he admired the most pulled the same stunt.(interview with Karl Rove)