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My head, it reels...Bill O'Reilly just made an argument more radically LEFT than anything Obama has planned, by insisting that the Federal Government can and should over ride State Laws in implementing policy:
"BillO: Why wouldn't the president say, let's let everybody compete. Let's let all the insurance companies compete nation wide and that will drive the price down...
Axelrod: Well first of all we have a system of state regulation, you know that of the insurance industry that makes that difficult. What we want is these individual market places. Some markets have competition, other markets don't.
BillO: The Feds can override the states...
Axelrod: Excuse me?
BillO: The Feds can override the states, you know that. You can make it so that all health insurance companies compete nationwide.
Axelrod: This is a historic moment with you calling for the feds overriding the states. I didn't realize you had that...
O'Reilly: Federal jurisdiction, you know federal jurisdiction takes precedence in almost every legislative area... "
I...er...what?
- I switched on Fox for the first time in a while last night and caught this.IRNlun6
- Compared with Hannity and Beck, he's actually being rational in this healthcare debate.IRNlun6
- the fed should protect open trade agreements amongst states. should be liek car insurance********
- makes me question why states would block such things. probably has to do with campaign finance********
- No it has to do with the commerce clause in the Constitution, and the attending SCOTUS rulings on itTheBlueOne
- You know, rulings that have been around for over 100 years now.TheBlueOne
- if they have been around for 100 years how can car insurance cross borders but not health?********
- seems the commerce clause is being misinterpreted for different motives. such as implied powers********