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Thousands of union members rallied for Obamacare on Capitol Hill today in a massive display of union outreach that threatened to deliver more votes for a controversial “public plan” option.
The rally came on the heels of Obama raising the possibility that unions would be exempt from taxing health care benefits. Obama said he was open to imposing new taxes on Americans who are not union members, which is a principle he adamantly opposed during his presidential campaign.
The hypocrisy was easily explained by one Republican strategist who was closely following health care...
Unions To Get Dues from ObamaCare
Yeah, give me some of what he's smoking.
First, taxes constitutionally can be for one pupose only and that is to raise revenue for Common Defense, General Welfare as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, and to pay debt. Taxes cannot be imposed arbitrarily or selectively or the laws authorizing them are de facto bills of attainder.
Second, though unions themselves are legal as people have the right of association the "laws" such as the Wagner act are in fact ILLEGAL, as the federal government is not empowered under the US constitution to dictate to private businesses in any way.
Third, as the federal government does not have the legal authority for either...