Politics & Government

Cherokee Lawmakers Praise Passage of Anti-Obamacare Bill

House Bill 707 would bar state employees and agencies from enforcing or implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Two Cherokee County state legislators are praising their colleagues in the Georgia House of Representatives for passing a bill that would thwart the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Georgia.

House Bill 707 passed the House and will now head to the Georgia Senate for consideration.

Sponsored by Republican State Reps. Michael Caldwell of Woodstock and Scot Turner of Holly Springs, H.B. 707 would outlaw employees, state agencies, public colleges and universities from enforcing and implementing the bill conservatives dub Obamcare.

“As elected officials we are bound by oath to uphold the Constitutions of Georgia and the United States,” Caldwell said in a statement. “House Bill 707 shows that we refuse to permit state resources to be utilized in the implementation of Obamacare. This is a necessary step to maintain our oaths.”

Turner added the federal government can't force any state to enforce federal laws, and "legal precedent empowers us to protect the citizens of Georgia from the federal government’s most overreaching encroachment on individual liberty in our nation’s history."

Turner added the U.S. Supreme Court validates the act as it's been considered a tax. The ruling, he added, compels one to ask what exactly is being taxed as "there is no production, no consumption, and no transaction."  
"For the first time ever, the federal government is taxing us for simply being alive," he added. "The passage of House Bill 707 sends a clear message to Washington: Georgia will not participate in the willful violation of individual liberty that is Obamacare. Georgia will stand in defense of liberty.”


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