The scariest part of the Democrats "Obamacare" legislation is the fact that Democrats believe  we are nothing more than elements of  Interstate Commerce.   The last time the federal government treated  human beings as elements of Interstate Commerce was  during slavery.

The federal government has traditionally excluded small businesses with under $500,000 in sales that don't sell across state lines from Interstate Commerce regulations such as the minimum wage law.      So how can individual Americans be considered elements of Interstate Commerce?

Commerce involves the transfer of money or property by entities that exist for that purpose.  Democrats seem to feel  that if you have a job or buy food  you are a business enterprise rather than a human being with the right to make your own decisions about what to do with the  portion of the money you earn that the government lets you keep.

It shouldn't be surprising that Democrats think of us as slaves considering that the Democratic Party was the party of slavery.   Before you bring up Barack Obama's color keep in mind that if his African ancestors had any association with American slavery it was because they captured and/or sold slaves not because they were slaves.

"Socialism" is a word that is often thrown around without anything more than a vague definition.  Some people take a  simplistic view that if government does something it's socialism.

The Russian government that called itself a "Socialist Republic" provides an example of what socialism is.  What the Soviet Union called  socialism is basically the system that existed under the Russian emperor and old European monarchies.  The only significant difference was that  the government was not headed by an hereditary monarch but by a small group of people one of whom served as leader  until he died or was deposed by the others. 

Under socialism people are treated as the property of the government (emperor).  Under socialism people belong to the government.  Under our system the government is supposed to belong to the people.

Under socialism the government controls the people, in some cases even determining their careers. Under our system the people are supposed to control the government.

Under socialism the people serve the government.  Under our system government is supposed to serve the people

Under socialism government tells people what they must do.  Under our system, government tells people what they cannot do, especially  to each other.

Obamacare is socialism under this definition because government attempts to control people's private lives by forcing them  to purchase insurance regardless of their personal needs and desires.  

The Democrats are telling young adults they don't have an option of using money to start a business or purchase a home before starting to buy insurance.  Obama is  like Mr. Potter in  "It's a Wonderful Life" who wanted people to pay rent to him instead of having an opportunity to using the rent money to pay on a mortgage.  Many young adults would like to save the money they would spend on health insurance to use as a down payment on a home. 
 
Medicare and Medicaid are not socialism because the money for them comes from taxes assessed to the general working population.  Individuals have the option of other insurance or paying their own bills and coverage is not based on how much has been paid with the exception of the optional Medicare coverage.  Medicare recipients are expected to meet a  minimum residence  requirement and have to have paid the tax before becoming eligible.

A government health insurance program based on general taxes  that allowed  individuals to have private insurance or pay their own medical costs if they wanted to would not be socialistic.  Such a program would be socialistic if it prohibited people from having private insurance or restricted the treatment they could purchase.

Democrats support for Obamacare demonstrates their limited intelligence.   They are like children in that they are incapable of  seeing unwanted consequences of their actions.

Most Democrats believe that  women should be able to make their own decisions about having abortions. The Supreme Court says government has only limited authority to restrict abortion because of the individual right to privacy.

If government can control health care decisions on the grounds that humans are elements of Interstate Commerce than  individuals no longer have a right to privacy in health care decisions.  Government can prohibit medical procedures, including abortions, as a means of limiting health care costs.   Persons have a right to privacy, but elements of commerce do not.