Can the Solicitor General Make the Case?

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli made compelling arguments to the Supreme Court on the validity of the Affordable Care Act and its mandate. He sees the ACA as a form of regulation on interstate commerce and therefore it is constitutional. Verrilli is well versed on Constitutional law and when he states his opinion, he bases it on his knowledge, not his personal opinions. Will the Supreme Court agree with this view on the ACA? That answer remains to be seen; however, Americans are going to get an education on just how the Constitution really works, or has been redesigned to work for the government. This will depend on which side of the aisle you stand on.

Look, when it is all said and done, Americans as a whole want some sort of answer to their health care needs. But as individual citizens in a free market system, you cannot get an answer without the government stepping in, because when it is all said and done, when Americans start asking for answers, they are looking to the government to supply them. The irony is that many Americans do not like the answers or solutions they receive, or at least their representatives don’t, and the opinion filters down.

Once again I say, we will not make all Americans happy with the ACA. We will not make all Americans happy by raising taxes and having government paid health care. The reality is that both of these could work, provided everyone stops worrying about pleasing everyone. Our political system is not designed to please all Americans; it actually just divides us and our opinions more.