If Obamacare’s mandate is approved, Congress can require anything

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When the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments Wednesday in Atlanta in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the government will again face the following challenge: If Congress can impose this economic mandate on the people, what can’t it mandate the people to buy? Rather than offer a single compelling answer to this question, to date, the government has offered three.

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