A
Rasmussen poll indicates that an overwhelming eighty-six
percent (86%) of voters nationwide say there should be "limits
on what the federal government can do", in response to
recent comments from pro-Obamacare Congressman Pete Stark.
Following criticism surrounding the constitutional basis of
government run health care, Stark told an audience at a town
hall meeting in Hayward California that the federal government
had the power to do anything.
An attendee asked Stark to explain his claim that health care
was now a right rather than a privilege in light of the fact
that government imposed Obamacare “infringes the inalienable
rights of other people” under the Constitution. The attendee
pointed out that to mandate others to provide a service was
a form of slavery and therefore violated the 13th amendment
to the Constitution.
“The federal government – yes – can do most
anything in this country,” responded Stark, a statement
that prompted a loud chorus of dissent from the crowd.
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The Rasmussen poll reveals, however, that just nine percent
(9%) of people across virtually all partisan and demographic
lines share this view.
The poll clearly shows that Stark was voicing a view shared
only by the Political Class of the country, who voted 54% to
43% that the government should be allowed do anything it likes.
