Mr. Abram's remark is emblematic of what makes blogs so often a waste of time to look at. The Virginia judge's ruling is available in many places. If the judge's opinion is 'written in a manner that the average person can follow', that may be because judges have a habit of carefully arguing in a way that suits one interpretation of the law, in this case the Commerce Clause. Unless you happen to know (which you do not claim to do) the very long, and extremely technical history of judgements on the Commerce Clause, you can read the judge's opinion all day long and still have no idea of what's really going on. Mr. Potter's inside knowledge of the health insurance industry does give him credibility not all of us 'average people' can claim about what's at stake in the health care reform debate. Grow up already.
And yet, the corporate special interests behind ATRA reserve the right to use the courts to cudgel those who get in their way.
For example, the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in Baldwinsville, NY just squeezed a $2.5 million property tax "rebate" from the Baldwinsville school district through threat of costly litigation.
<P>One more thought while I am on the warpath... Democrats say the Republicans are the party of big corporations -- the rich. I have two questions: 1) Why do rich corporations shift their political donation percentages back and forth between the two parties? When Republicans are in power, corporations donate 70-80% to the Republicans, 20-30% to the Democrats. The percentages are reversed when the Dems are in power. Why is that? 2) If rich corporations are in bed with the Republicans, why is it that the Rockefellers, B & L Gates, Fords, Heinz' and other corporations use their foundations to support the causes of the far-left? And what about George Soros? In my estimation, rich corporations will use both parties to increase their riches. The statement that Republicans are the party of the rich is just a propaganda ploy. Both parties are corrupt.</P>
And yet, the corporate special interests behind ATRA reserve the right to use the courts to cudgel those who get in their way.
For example, the Anheuser-Busch InBev brewery in Baldwinsville, NY just squeezed a $2.5 million property tax "rebate" from the Baldwinsville school district through threat of costly litigation.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/lysander_baldwinsville_schools.html
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