Ron Paul: Healthcare Bill Will Precipitate the Destruction of the Dollar

[bobbyw24]

Congressman Ron Paul on Fox Business discusses the health care reform bill and delivers a dire warning on the consequences of central economic planning.

YouTube - Congressman Paul Discusses Healthcare Reform on Fox Biz

The Congressman says it’ll take the bankruptcy of the US to repeal the unconstitutional health care bill. Paul had predicted the recent financial crises and sees another economic catastrophe unfolding in the coming years.

“We’re not getting out of this crises. We’re just on the verge of getting into a much deeper one. This (the health care bill) will precipitate that. So it will be the bankruptcy of the country, and it will be defined by the destruction of the dollar.”

[stu2002]

Great Video

[TonySutton]

This will make a good youtube video for the RP 2012 campaign

[Deborah K]

I wonder how many people know that when Dr. Paul was delivering babies, he refused to take medi-care. If a woman couldn't afford her delivery, he didn't charge her......

[bobbyw24]

I wonder how many people know that when Dr. Paul was delivering babies, he refused to take medi-care. If a woman couldn't afford her delivery, he didn't charge her......

That is correct and many of his poor clients whom he did not charge were poor immigratns from Mexico

[catdd]

"This is why they hired 16,000 new IRS Agents to steal more money to pay for it."

[Dr.3D]

"This is why they hired 16,000 new IRS Agents to steal more money to pay for it."

And they bought a bunch of new shotguns to help em do it too.

[Deborah K]

"This is why they hired 16,000 new IRS Agents to steal more money to pay for it."

Yes. This is an unconstitutional mandate to buy a good -health insurance- and will be enforced by the IRS. As per the commerce clause in the Constitution, Congress has no right to do this. That's why they keep trying to convince people that health care is a right. And the hits just keep coming......

[catdd]

And they bought a bunch of new shotguns to help em do it too.

I swear to God, it's so outrageous you have to laugh to keep from crying.

[not.your.average.joe]

I wonder how many people know that when Dr. Paul was delivering babies, he refused to take medi-care. If a woman couldn't afford her delivery, he didn't charge her......

That is an awesome fact, do you have any way to prove this so that i can share it with others?

[Deborah K]

That is an awesome fact, do you have any way to prove this so that i can share it with others?

Dig around. Call his local office. I'll look a little too. Shouldn't be hard to find.

[bobbyw24]

Dig around. Call his local office. I'll look a little too. Shouldn't be hard to find.

It is in his biography:

http://www.amazon.com/Ron-Paul-Ideas...273495&sr=8-10

[silentshout]

Yes. This is an unconstitutional mandate to buy a good -health insurance- and will be enforced by the IRS. As per the commerce clause in the Constitution, Congress has no right to do this. That's why they keep trying to convince people that health care is a right. And the hits just keep coming......

Yes..this. This is what I've tried to explain to people (most of my friends are gung-ho for this health bill), but now I understand it better. Thanks.

[bobbyw24]

The individual mandate.

Can Congress really require that every person purchase health insurance from a private company or face a penalty? The answer lies in the commerce clause of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power "to regulate commerce . . . among the several states." Historically, insurance contracts were not considered commerce, which referred to trade and carriage of merchandise. That's why insurance has traditionally been regulated by states. But the Supreme Court has long allowed Congress to regulate and prohibit all sorts of "economic" activities that are not, strictly speaking, commerce. The key is that those activities substantially affect interstate commerce, and that's how the court would probably view the regulation of health insurance.

But the individual mandate extends the commerce clause's power beyond economic activity, to economic inactivity. That is unprecedented. While Congress has used its taxing power to fund Social Security and Medicare, never before has it used its commerce power to mandate that an individual person engage in an economic transaction with a private company. Regulating the auto industry or paying "cash for clunkers" is one thing; making everyone buy a Chevy is quite another. Even during World War II, the federal government did not mandate that individual citizens purchase war bonds.

If you choose to drive a car, then maybe you can be made to buy insurance against the possibility of inflicting harm on others. But making you buy insurance merely because you are alive is a claim of power from which many Americans instinctively shrink. Senate Republicans made this objection, and it was defeated on a party-line vote, but it will return.

The Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, Gator Aid and other deals.

Some states are threatening lawsuits to block the special deals brokered by individual senators in exchange for their votes. Unless the reconciliation bill passes the Senate, such deals could remain in place. Article I of the Constitution allows Congress to tax and spend to "provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States." Normally, this is no barrier to legislation benefiting a particular state or city. Congress can always argue that, say, an Air Force base in Nebraska benefits the United States as a whole. But the deals in the Senate bill are different. It is really hard to identify a benefit to all the states from exempting one state from an increase in Medicare costs or allowing only the citizens of Florida to get Medicare Advantage.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...031901470.html

[tropicangela]

I wonder how many people know that when Dr. Paul was delivering babies, he refused to take medi-care. If a woman couldn't afford her delivery, he didn't charge her......

10 Things You Didn't Know About Ron Paul
By Danielle Burton
Posted 3/23/07

"During his medical career specializing in obstetrics/gynecology, he delivered more than 4,000 babies. He refused to accept payment by Medicare or Medicaid, preferring to not charge patients or to work out a cash payment."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/ar...3paulfacts.htm