Under the Radar Gun Control: Chicago wants tax on bullets/guns to pay for healthcare

[RugersGR8]

If all the Blue States(especially Obamaland ILL, Bloomy's NY, Brown's/Feinstein's/Pelosi's CA, ETC.) would just put a tax on stupidity, idiocy, arrogance, elitism, demagoguery, etc. they would never have to worry about any budget shortfalls/deficits ever again. With all this extra money, taxing ammo/firearms could never be used a scapegoat to raise funds to finance lib agenda items like Obamacare.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/usa-guns-bullet-tax-idUSL1E8LICYZ20121018
Chicago's Cook County wants tax on bullets to pay for healthcare
By Karen Pierog and Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO | Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:19pm EDT

 

[abajaj11]

What do you think they will do once they control the health care of the entire nation ?
Use it to regulate behavior that leads to "better health care outcomes".
And they will have numerous "scholarly studies" that will show that guns and gun ownership is injurious to health.

 

[richard597]

They will never learn up there. Chicago is known for gun violence and has been for many, many years.

 

[MLR]

What do you think they will do once they control the health care of the entire nation ?
Use it to regulate behavior that leads to "better health care outcomes".
And they will have numerous "scholarly studies" that will show that guns and gun ownership is injurious to health.

They will be able to go after any activity that is or could be a cost to the healthcare industry. The attack on smoking was a huge success and they are now using those same tactics to go after firearms. In NYC they are going even farther by attempting to control what you eat and drink. Controlling costs of public medical insurance will be the justification for going after activities the Government does not approve of.
I believe that the use of Health Care to strip away freedom will be more dangerous and possibly replace the use of the Commerce clause by Congress in justifying new laws.

Michael