The individual intrastate farmer is performing an economic activity that has a connection to interstate commerce.
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On the second day, the Solicitor General insisted that the purchase of health insurance is an economic activity.
This raises the question that the Court has been left with: is not buying health insurance an economic activity?
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Much discussion followed about whether choosing not to buy health insurance is an economic activity, too, and one that Congress has the power to regulate.
As a result of this relationship between insured individuals and non-participants it appears that merely living is an economic activity in terms of healthcare and health insurance.
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But that disqualification from an economic activity is worlds apart from an individual mandate, especially since the Commerce Clause argument is couched in terms of economic liberties, anyhow.
Over time the definition of interstate commerce has broadened and given Congress the power to pass a number of laws as long as it regulates an economic activity connected to interstate commerce.
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In fact, so closely are growth and emissions linked that one commentator, Forbes' Jeff McMahon, has a post up whose title suggests we could use emissions as an indicator of economic activity.
In short, monetary policy should not be an economic tool for heating or cooling economic activity.
The weatherization ramp-up delivered on dual objectives: providing low-income families relief from crippling energy bills during an economic slump, and stimulating domestic economic activity.
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As well as actually spending on providing an improved platform for economic activity, governments need to tear down barriers to direct productive activity.
Although this figure was lower than the 54 that had been forecast one has to bear in mind that a level greater than 50 signals growth or an expanding base of economic activity.
The operation was a way to revive the economic activity of an entire region by supporting tourism and crafts.
To do that might have slowed economic activity, an unacceptable possible outcome.
In the 1980s nitrogen controls were placed on industrial plant and vehicles, This has led to a cut in emissions of 30%, despite an increase in traffic and economic activity.
"Small losses in one sector of the credit market can have an outsized impact on aggregate economic activity, " said Federal Reserve Board Governor Frederic Mishkin at a conference in New York Friday.
By the same token, the yearning for government spending on "infrastructure" to stimulate economic activity creates an opening for the new president to push the kind of green projects that fit his call for a transition to alternative energy sources, including new kinds of mass-transit systems.
The adoption of universal indicators on quality physical education and sport and an economic analysis about the valuable contributions that physical activity and sport make to social and economic development will be considered by this Commission.
The inflation that results from an expanding money supply distorts all economic activity and discourages the accumulation of future investment capital.
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President Obama took an important first step toward stimulating economic activity in the startup sector by signing the JOBS Act in April.
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Formula One does not deserve an incentive which is based on economic activity which existed before its entry into the local market.
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The report assumes that the recent financial crisis has had an impact on the level of economic activity, but none on long-term growth trends.
"Like earthquake victims afraid to enter buildings again, investors fear another upheaval in the financial markets and economic activity akin to an aftershock, " observed economist Steven Wieting of Citigroup.
We agree there was minimal economic activity, but we find no requirement that an Arizona business engage in a certain level of activity.
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Some now predict that the blow to Cyprus's financial sector, which accounts for about half of economic activity, combined with an existing credit squeeze, will send output into a tailspin.
We need to cut spending, but cutting spending will remove a stimulus for economic activity at a time of an economy that shows little if any growth.
The point of both QE and more "unconventional" policies is to create more economic activity and prevent deflation, in an environment in which private and public debts are being painfully brought down.
"We understand the difference between investing in an asset that has value and adds value to economic activity as opposed to general spending, " said Rich Studley, president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
Short term downturns in an economy and thereseultant rebuilding efforts give rise to renewed economic activity.
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But Raul Velloso, an economic consultant in Brasilia, argues there is no evidence that tax revenues in Brazil fall in tandem with economic activity.
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