The Stark Truth: If Obamacare Is Legal, Then Government Has No Limits

Conn Carroll / August 02, 2010

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is one of the more honest members of the left in Congress. Long before President Barack Obama first started pushing Obamacare, Rep. Stark was advocating for a government “Medicare for All” takeover over our nation’s health care system.

Rep. Stark’s honest view about the proper role and power of the federal government were on display again last month at a townhall in Hayward, CA.  In the video posted, a constituent asks Stark: “If this legislation is Constitutional, what limitations are there on the federal governments ability to tell us how to run our private lives? … If they can do this, what can’t they?”

Stark eventually answers: “The Federal government can, yes, do most anything in this country.”

Stark’s logic, if not his understanding of the Constitution is dead on. Last year, we wrote: (more…)