ObamaCare, Not a Mandate but a Tax. Plus, Contempt for Stolen Valor and Eric Holder

It's a big news day. The Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare on the grounds that it is really a tax. Plus, Attorney General Eric Holder became the first cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress. European banks got another bailout, and the Supreme Court struck down the Stolen Valor Act. Hear the details on this PJ News Break with Scott Ott.

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[TheQuasiiii]

Respectfully, I disagree. What you are saying has no bases in ecomomic merit. Point of issue there is no economic growth now. We have tried Reaganomic for several decades and it does not work. What I am proposing does work. Reguadless of the direction that we go economically; nothing will work unless we stop the croni capitalism. The banks and Goldman Sach have cost the working man trillions of dollars. I believe they should be arrested under RICO laws, but we know that is not going to happen.

[Nawor666]

Small companies are suffering under government regulations while large corporations can easily hire a few lawyers to know the rules inside and out. With the government intervening it's hard to predict several years down the line and so businesses are trying to stay safe rather than expand and grow the economy.

Cutting wars and corporate welfare will only leave us with still no economic growth and we will still not pay for the social programs and healthcare that are bankrupting our nation.

[TheQuasiiii]

One thing that we know from doing business with the government is the lengthy insane paper work, Not counting the FARS that you have to fill out or contract someone to fill out to be a private contractor are used to not pay people for their work, which sends small companies into bankruptcy. Corporations are laying off at alarming rates ( job creators that receive tax breaks) If we ended all wars and corporte welfare we would have plenty of money in America for more social programs and healthcare

[Nawor666]

And at other times turning things over to private industry has made them exceed far beyond what the government could do. FedEx and UPS have succeeded where the USPS is failing and private schools are doing better than public schools with far less money.

But the worst that the private sector can do is...what exactly? Control lots of money? The government can do that, and can make you give them your money by force, and can force you to buy things from them. Both are harmed by greed too.

[TheQuasiiii]

When you speak of far left. What the hell are you talking about? Far left or liberalism is something associated with the Republcan party these days. We tried Reaganomics it didnt work. We tried eight years of GW Bush and his tax cuts that didnt work. The Republicans are far left with their facist agendas. The major blow to individual rights are the two Republican bills that just passed. NDAA and HR347. Free markets dont work without control. Man is just too greedy to police himself. Dodd Frank.

[TheQuasiiii]

I agree. Turning prison systems over to private industry is that and act of socialism? How about the HMO's. These are all experiments in turning social programs into captilist programs that are failing and have failed. Greed seems to be something that we must protect against, using social programs. Some would like us to believe that turning the banking system over to captilism and not regulating it was a goog thing. We would have been better off Nationalizing the banking system (socialization)