Americans pay taxes on items they buy, they pay taxes on their income, and with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, Americans will now be paying taxes on what they don't buy as well.
Is it a tax or is it not? The Supreme Court has said yes and thus is constitutional. In 2009, President Obama said that it wasn't repeatedly. Republicans said that it did not fall under the Commerce Clause for the Congress to pass such legislation, and therefore, wasn't constitutional.
The United States’ Military and Department of Defense make up a huge portion of our country’s expenditures and has greatly influenced our government and citizens. Many Americans, however, don't know the facts. Our nation considers the security of our citizens and our nation to be of the utmost importance in terms of our government's priorities.
Monday, the Supreme Court handed down its decision on the controversial Arizona immigration law, with mixed results for both sides in the case, the state of Arizona and the federal government. The ACLU created an excellent infographic to explain the decision:
In a perfect world, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear power plant would have shut down on schedule last March, the decommissioning fund would have been fully funded, and everyone in Vermont would be living green and happily ever after.
