He's flat-out wrong

"I think that there are very few Constitutional limits that would prevent the Federal Government from rules that would affect your private life"

- Representative Fortney "Pete" Stark, D(ictator wannabe)-CA, one of the rudest and most martinet-like members of Congress (Google him.  His fellow Democrats actually denied him his opportunity, earned by seniority, to replace Charlie Rangel as head of the Ways and Means Committee pretty much due to his inability to get along with anyone on Capitol Hill), informing his constituents that he and his fellow conspirators can impose pretty much anything they wish on American citizens (such as requiring them to purchase health insurance they may not need or want for themselves and everyone else), and that there's bupkus those proles can do about it:



Stark is quite mistaken, of course.  The Constitution, via the Tenth Amendment, specifically limits the power of the Feds, to what is specifically granted to them elsewhere in that document, and we sure don't recall seeing anything there about forcing people to buy things.  The brave lady in the audience has it right - that sort of onerous policy is nothing more than naked slavery.

This is precisely the sort of arrogant, elitist attitude that lifers such as ol' Fortney get after enjoying 37+ years of unchecked power.  We think it's long past time that Mr. Stark be returned the ranks of the peasantry from whence he came, as he hasn't deserved the privilege of leading his district for quite some time, if ever.