Forget the false controversies over evolution, intelligent design, creationism, and under God. Skip right past the science classroom and storm the math classroom.
Apparently addition is unconstitutional. People are raging that the healthcare law is unconstitutional because you may choose health insurance or choose an adjustment on your tax return. Obviously, the whole choice thing is constitutionally problematic in and of itself, but I don't want to abort the main point I was going to make by getting sidetracked.
Anyway, the only difference that I can see between choosing to have insurance and choosing to do something else that has an impact on your taxes, such as getting a mortgage or having a kid (surely it is not unconstitutional to have a kid) is that the choice regarding health insurance means you must perform addition on your tax return if you make the math-intensive choice and with a mortgage or having a kid, the math intensive choices means you have to perform subtraction.
I can only conclude that addition is unconstitutional.
Now, back in 1st grade, we were taught both addition and subtraction, but if I recall correctly, we learned addition first and it was presented positively while subtraction, when we finally got around to it, was presented negatively. I now see that it was a long term plot by the government to brainwash me into thinking that addition was ok and the government forcing me into a choice where I might have to perform addition was constitutional. Clearly I was wrong.
I know the path to re-education is going to be tough, but I have purchased a box of teabags, a tri-cornerned hat, and am summoning up the courage to ask out that tea partier in the Betsy Ross get up (just as soon as I can find that coupon that involves subtraction instead of a free lunch). I would ask you to add me to your prayers, but obviously that it not legal.
Apparently addition is unconstitutional. People are raging that the healthcare law is unconstitutional because you may choose health insurance or choose an adjustment on your tax return. Obviously, the whole choice thing is constitutionally problematic in and of itself, but I don't want to abort the main point I was going to make by getting sidetracked.
Anyway, the only difference that I can see between choosing to have insurance and choosing to do something else that has an impact on your taxes, such as getting a mortgage or having a kid (surely it is not unconstitutional to have a kid) is that the choice regarding health insurance means you must perform addition on your tax return if you make the math-intensive choice and with a mortgage or having a kid, the math intensive choices means you have to perform subtraction.
I can only conclude that addition is unconstitutional.
Now, back in 1st grade, we were taught both addition and subtraction, but if I recall correctly, we learned addition first and it was presented positively while subtraction, when we finally got around to it, was presented negatively. I now see that it was a long term plot by the government to brainwash me into thinking that addition was ok and the government forcing me into a choice where I might have to perform addition was constitutional. Clearly I was wrong.
I know the path to re-education is going to be tough, but I have purchased a box of teabags, a tri-cornerned hat, and am summoning up the courage to ask out that tea partier in the Betsy Ross get up (just as soon as I can find that coupon that involves subtraction instead of a free lunch). I would ask you to add me to your prayers, but obviously that it not legal.
