Thursday, June 28, 2012

Liberal Law Professor is Happy : Government Can Regulate Anything Now Through Taxation

The Washington Post reports on happy statists:
Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor who wrote a brief supporting Obamacare, argued that by affirming the ability to regulate with taxing power, the decision created a precedent for future regulation along these lines.

“They can’t make you eat broccoli, but they can tax you for not eating it,” Friedman joked, by way of summarizing the meaning of the decision.
Do taxpayers need to subsidize socialists like Professor Barry Friedman?