If the law requiring you to buy private corporation health insurance is constitutional then

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8. But why should someone be penalized for not buying something they cannot afford?

The reason why people do not have HC coverage is because they cannot afford it. It was a Right Wing meme that stated they are just irresponsible and want the government to pay, or want everyone else to pay for them. The truth is it's because they cannot afford it and they can't afford any penalties either. Those penalties would feed their children eg.

This is what Candidate Obama said about mandated insurance and one of the reasons I supported him:

“Both of us want to provide health care to all Americans. There’s a slight difference, and her plan is a good one. But, she mandates that everybody buy health care. She’d have the government force every individual to buy insurance and I don’t have such a mandate because I don’t think the problem is that people don’t want health insurance, it’s that they can’t afford it,” Obama said in a Feb. 28, 2008 appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' television show. “So, I focus more on lowering costs. This is a modest difference. But, it’s one that she’s tried to elevate, arguing that because I don’t force people to buy health care that I’m not insuring everybody. Well, if things were that easy, I could mandate everybody to buy a house, and that would solve the problem of homelessness. It doesn’t."

McCain was for it of course, Obama was against it, as you would expect from a Democrat, but then he changed his mind. He gave the Repubs what they had demanded for so long, turned his back on his base who wanted a PO, and now the Repubs are attacking him anyhow. Which all goes to show you should never abandon those who helped you get to where you are, in order to appease those who hate you just because you are alive. You can never appease them. But had he remained true to his principles, we would not have lost the House in 2010 and people would not be holding their noses once again, when they go to vote in November.

All of this was predicted but we were told to STFU. However, I do not think the SC is going to rule against it. Why would they? It's good for the Corporations. And this SC loves its Corporate sponsors.