[quote=livinincali]I just wish the supreme court wasn’t so polarized and becoming so liberal vs. conservative. It’s suppose to determine constitutionality not ideals of political minds (with 5-4 decisions based on the politics of the person you were appointed by).

The reality is now it’s not an individual mandate at all and instead it’s a tax on people for not buying something. I don’t like the prescience it sets where it’s giving taxing authority for something you don’t purchase.[/quote]

If you don’t purchase a house using a mortgage, you don’t get the tax breaks. So that’s a case where doing nothing /buying nothing means more tax.

Our tax code is full of moral decisions: Kids are good, mortgages are good, yada yada yada. In this case congress said “buying health insurance is good”.

And did you really mean prescience – are you saying the supreme court can see the future? That’s both scary and exciting at the same time.
(I assume you meant precedence.)

As far as the partisan nature of the court – in this case Roberts *didn’t* vote in a partisan fashion. Are you saying you wish he had? Or are you complaining about the 8’s predictable votes?

I think this will be good for folks with an entrepreneurial spirit. Even if they have a pre-existing condition, they can leave their corporate health insurance next week. They can go into business for themselves… spurring the economy, creating jobs. (Next week will be 18 months till 1/1/14… so Cobra can tide them over till the pre-existing condition part goes into effect.)
No longer will people be tied to employers *just* for healthcare. This is huge!