Nullification

Remember the Nullification Crisis of 1832? Well, maybe not. But you might remember what eventually happened when “fire-eaters” in certain states started believing they could choose to obey only the laws they liked or recognize only the duly elected officials they liked. You might remember it was sometimes called the War Between the States.

Yesterday in Missouri, the myth-guided folk among us voted to ignore or “nullify” a Federal law, duly passed by the US Congress. These ignoranuses (surely you remember the definition) thought they could actually refuse to associate themselves with the dreaded “Obamacare” (as ridiculous a label as was ever invented by these simpletons with their simple solutions to complicated problems). They voted that people in Missouri will NOT be forced to buy medical insurance, even if it’s basically subsidized by the rest of us. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! They probably would have voted against those dreaded “death panels” as well.

Now who’s going to pay medical expenses for those people who feel they have the “freedom” not to insure themselves? Don’t the rest of us have to pay more so the hospitals can provide free medical care for them? And aren’t those hospitals required to provide that care, even for people who choose to ignore a Federal law?

Where’s Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson when we need him?