Hey Hondo, I can't post on your threads or send you a PM as you have me blocked, so I will say it here. Publishing false and serious accusations of criminal behavior constitutes defamation, making you liable for civil penalties. You published a libelous accusation against me earlier today:

"Keenan admits to being pedophile"
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-449003-1.html

This is crossing the line. Here's what you need to do to resolve this matter to avoid civil action against you:

1) Immediately contact the admin and request that the thread be deleted
2) Post an apology and an admission that the accusation is completely false

Your specific complaint was that the health care is not mentioned in the Constitution. Now you are changing your argument.

Your rebuttal re: Justice Taney is irrelevant. Maybe someday Justice Roberts will be over turned, but in our time and place, we have current rulings that define the playing field. And my guess is that Justice Roberts is a more credible source on Constitutional law that either you or me. I don't agree with Citizens United, but I don't challenge its current Constitutionality. Nor do I whine about it.

I was speaking in the most general sense. You are speaking of rating a prospective insurance purchaser, which is commonly done. Certainly if your auto driving record is dismal you can expect to pay more for auto insurance. To borrow an old adage, "Speed kills" your bank balance.

In health care insurance, as we have seen to our sorrow, rating can easily result in an individual being unable to buy health insurance AT ANY PRICE. While this may be a reasonable, even desirable outcome speaking strictly of the profit/loss statement, try justifying it to the parent of a child with, say, cystic fibrosis or one of many chronic conditions requiring extensive care and therapy.

If we are going to exempt churches from paying taxes then we should also exempt them from receiving the benefits of those taxes.
If you pay no taxes you should not receive sanitation services
If you pay no taxes, the road in front of your church should be paid for by you.
If you pay no taxes, police, fire and EMS should not be required to respond to your building.
If you pay no taxes, you should be forced to pay your share of any infrastructure that is commonly paid for by taxpayers.
Further, the home of your pastor should not be tax exempt, nor should his salary or benefits.
If you don't believe in any of the above, please join my church and send me money. God is all knowing and all powerful but he can't figure out how to make a dime so I need you to send me your money.
Thanks.