(WASHINGTON)---
Congressman Allen West (R-FL) released this statement today after the United
States Supreme Court announced it has ruled to uphold the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care
Act:
"The United States Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act by extending the power of the
United States Congress to tax Americans' behavior. This is a sad
day for Americans, as they will be taxed to pay for benefits they may
not need or want as part of the insurance they are forced to buy. With
this decision, Congress has been granted infinite taxation power, and
there are no longer any limits on what the federal government can tax
its citizens to do.
The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will hit the middle class
especially hard, as hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost as
businesses try to avoid the penalties and costs created by the healthcare
law. The healthcare law will cost trillions of dollars, raise
costs for employers and create huge incentives for them to drop health
insurance.
Benjamin Franklin did indeed state, 'In this world, nothing can be
said to be certain, except death and taxes.' However, Dr.
Franklin never envisioned the federal government would use its power of
taxation to punish people for not purchasing health care. Today,
individual sovereignty in America has been
defeated."
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