tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5608722422395006880..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Robert Reich and Judge Napolitano on the Bizarre Logic of Justice RobertsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40272419884616014212012-07-01T16:25:24.514-04:002012-07-01T16:25:24.514-04:00Most obvious application of the Roberts's Rule...Most obvious application of the Roberts's Rule of Taxation: All citizens are order to by a General Motors vehicle . . . or pay a tax in the amount of the vehicle's cost. Perfectly legal.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24997154406776133282012-06-30T17:39:29.432-04:002012-06-30T17:39:29.432-04:00In fairness, I don't think Reich is correct wh...In fairness, I don't think Reich is correct when he says, "By this bizarre logic, the federal government can pass all sorts of unconstitutional laws – requiring people to sell themselves into slavery, for example – as long as the penalty for failing to do so is considered to be a tax."<br /><br />Roberts' ruling arguably places no [i]structural[/i] limit on the federal Ryanhttp://google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13756183184815961802012-06-30T14:56:04.774-04:002012-06-30T14:56:04.774-04:00Who doesn't get the feeling this "tax&quo...Who doesn't get the feeling this "tax" ruling will have great and unoreseen consequences? As Lew Rockwell states, politics pollutes everything, and only politics can ensure that one man alone can unleash something like this on hundreds of millions of people.<br /><br />It reminds me a little of a kerfuffle over here in Britain. It's on a smaller scale but still ongoing. <br /><Pete Moorenoreply@blogger.com