Keep in mind...I'm no Constitutional Scholar....but...

[shockmastermike]

They are looking at taxing the insurance we have through employment as income to pay for all the people who want their "free" healthcare.

im pretty shure they already tax it as income

 

[GAGunguy]

Interesting idea. Is c3 actually thinking of doing this or is this discussion acedemic?

 

[mikeh25]

If federal laws ignore this part of the Bill of Rights; "shall not be infringed", then ignoring other parts will not be a big deal.

 

[jlcnuke]

The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld federal regulation of intrastate commerce up to, and including, calling the 10th Amendment nothing but a "truism" and not a limitation of Congressional power (decision here http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=312&invol=100).

See also http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/315/110/

The federal power to regulate intrastate transactions is not limited to persons who are engaged also in interstate transactions.

etc.

Based on case law and history, the court would likely uphold any such regulation of Intrastate commerce based on the potential it has to affect interstate commerce. The best bet to defeat such legislation is to ensure it never passes, not to rely on the courts to over-turn it.

 

[dial1911]

im pretty shure they already tax it as income

It's not currently taxed as income... I work for a small company and that was one of the ways the company 'compensated' us- although the boss warned us that next year it will likely be taxed as income. For those of us with family coverage, that's going to be another one to two thousand bucks income tax.

 

[dunkel]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet...

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regi...cle_2d74efd6-fe23-5a64-80a7-5fe72f5f1d5d.html

CHEYENNE -- Legislation asserting that firearms made, sold and kept only in Wyoming are exempt from all federal gun laws is set to become law after it easily cleared the Wyoming Legislature on Wednesday.

Stories a couple years old. Not sure how it's actually worked in that time. Don't recall hearing much about it after it was passed.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Interesting idea. Is c3 actually thinking of doing this or is this discussion acedemic?

Academic...C3 just came to mind as a GA manufacturer.

 

[Bear44]

Guys, you're not getting what is happening. The Constitution is history. It has already been violated in so many ways you can't even keep count any more. It has just gotten to the point that they are going to drop any real premise of Constitutionality in their acts.

 

[Bellman2]

According to obooboo, excutive order trumps constituion. Save holders a-- with one.