Throw It Off

Hey, think the time is
Right for palace
Revolution
--The Rolling Stones

When Democrats were busy jamming thru the health care bill in late Dec 2009 while most people were on holiday, I remember thinking that this reckless behavior might wake some people up. If people realized that this law, and the process employed to create it, was a threat to their freedom, then they would punish these politicians at the ballot box.

That is precisely what happened.

Many folks became engaged in the political process for the first time. The Tea Party movement, a movement based on the founding notions of free markets, fiscal responsibility, and limited government, grew in size and stature. And in November 2010, these people made themselves heard.

The silver lining of yesterday's Supreme Court decision may be that it is awakening yet another fraction of the citzenry, maybe even a critical mass, to the spectre of legalized plunder.

Did yesterday's decision tip the system? The Supreme Court appears to have given government the green light to do whatever it wants thru virtually unlimited power to tax. But is that power truly unlimited? If enough people conclude similarly to the Founders, then they may seek to curb that taxing power. Perhaps people will galvanize to throw off this government at the ballot box. 

Some are calling the upcoming election a referendum on the healthcare law. It may be more appropriately viewed as a referendum on freedom.