"Friend":

So I have a question, you don't believe in God but do you believe in Aliens? (It's a serious question)

"Physorg Article":

NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidine exposed to ultraviolet radiation under space-like conditions produces this essential ingredient of life.
http://www.physorg.com/news176721370.html

"Michael Connelly":

and probably forced participations in abortions by members of the medical profession.

"OpenCongress":

"Here’s the specifics on how this would work. First off, for people who don’t get insurance through their job and aren’t eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, the government would subsidize, on a sliding scale, the cost of buying insurance. The subsidies will be most generous for people with annual incomes around the new cut-off for Medicaid – $14,400 – and will be entirely phased out for people making $43,320 or more."

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/vi ... -Increases

"Michael Connelly":

I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.

"OpenCongress":

In general, the bill would impose a tax at the rates of 1 percent, 1.5 percent, and 5.4 percent on the income of high-income individuals. Specifically, for joint filers, the 1 percent rate would apply to the amount of a taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income that is between $350,000 and half a million. The 1.5 percent rate would apply to the portion of modified adjusted gross income between half a million and one million. And the 5.4 percent rate would apply to all modified adjusted gross income above one million...

Over ten years, the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that this provision would raise $543 billion over 10 years. Generally, this new surtax would target many of the same people that benefited most from the Bush tax cuts.

An important and overlooked detail in the bill regarding this new tax on the rich is that it gives the Office of Management and Budget the ability to double the 1 percent and 1.5 percent rates in 2013 if their estimates show that it is not producing the expected revenues.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/vi ... -Increases

"Constitutionality of Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance":

Congress's Authority to Tax and Spend for the General Welfare: Congress also has the authority to legislate a health insurance mandate under its Constitutional authority to tax and spend. There are no plausible Tenth Amendment and states' rights issues arising from Congress's taxing and spending power. However, Congress' taxation power cannot be used in a way that burdens a fundamental right recognized in the Constitution's Bill of Rights and judicial interpretations by the U.S. Supreme Court. Since there is no fundamental right to be uninsured, no fundamental rights challenge exists.

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillins ... ndates.pdf

"Kristofer Carlson":

The Civil Rights Act and Brown v. Board of Education were both violations of the 10th amendment. Portions of OSHA were violations of the 10th amendment. The imposition of the Bill of Rights onto the states is itself a violation of the 10th amendment.

http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/entri ... care-bills

"Michael Connelly":

Amayehli is a story of America set in the not so distant future. It is a story of the American people who suddenly find themselves having to fight for the fundamental freedoms that they have always cherished and often taken for granted. It is a story of treachery, espionage, treason, tragic loss, and tremendous valor by the diverse people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Ultimately, it is a story of people who risk everything for liberty.

"KingBeetle":

There was once a nation that suffered through brutal socialism - forced equality, redistribution of wealth, salary caps, forced charity, and income tax.

This nation was led by a ruler who enforced the laws on threat of death. This ruler demanded that each person pay a 20% income tax annually. 10% was devoted to the poor and immigrants (this nation had virtually no immigration restrictions) and the other 10% went to government workers and infrastructure.

The richest members of society had restraints placed on their ability to generate wealth - an extra portion of their potential profits (above an established cap) was devoted for the poor and immigrants (on top of the 10%).

Labor laws were also strict. Weekends were enforced. Anyone caught working (or forcing others to work) on the day off was severely punished. And every seven years, workers and owners would take an extended vacation, living off of state reserves and private savings.

Most shockingly, the land and wealth of the nation was nationalized once each generation (about 50 years)- debts were forgiven, land and resources were redistributed, and each family restarted with a share of the wealth regardless of how successful or unsuccessful they or their forefathers had been.

So where was this socialist hellhole and who was it's tyrannical leader?

The nation was called Israel and the leader was named Yahweh. You can read all about it in Deuteronomy.

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/commen ... d_through/