Posted on 07/02/2012 7:12:19 AM PDT by raulgomez05
Prominent Dems including White House chief of staff Jack Lew and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have repeatedly argued in recent days that the fee for not buying insurance under the health care law is in fact a penalty and not a tax.
They got support from an unexpected quarter on Monday: the Romney campaign.
Mitt Romney's senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told Chuck Todd on MSNBC's Daily Rundown that he agrees - the fee is a penalty and not a tax, as the Supreme Court ruled last week.
"The governor disagreed with the ruling of the court," Fehrnstrom said. "He agreed with the dissent that was written by Justice [Antonin] Scalia, which very clearly stated that the mandate was not a tax."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Who??
Romney's problem is he is on youtube saying that his MA mandate was not a tax. So how can he call this a tax?
Pitfalls of a RINO
if Romney “knows” this is a tax he should contradict his senior adviser.
Romney agrees with the dissenting opinion as do I and most other FReepers. ROMNEY PROMISES TO REPEAL THE LAW! That’s all I need to know. Now, get lost Obama shill.
I never said Romney disagreed with the dissent, dummy.
You must be an 0bama supporter for pushing Politico’s out of context garbage.
Politico is an 0bamatron mewspaper.
They got support from an unexpected quarter on Monday: the Romney campaign.
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LOL
No not unexpected...
youre speaking of Willard of RomneyCare after all..
Actually that is the very best solution. All US government out of health in every way. Let the market do it. There will be a period of adjustment but ultimately such an approach will succeed.
Anybody who believes Romney will do anything to bolster republican ideas is living in a dream world. He will do nothing but support dem positions where ever he finds them...just take an honest look at his history. Campaign to the right lead to the far left...He and his family are dem through and through, for some strange reason he just stuck rep. in front of his name. No way is he going to anything against Romneycare and Obamacare is built on his blueprint....he will never attack his own legacy of leading this country down the path of socialism.
If it is not a tax for the purpose of legislative repeal, it stands.
It seems that the Alinsky-ites are going to ram this home and force it on us, no matter what.
"Heads I win, tails you lose."
Agreed. I think this adviser said that Romney agreed with Scalia and not Roberts and Politico is trying to spin that.
How is your statement relevant the conversation?
ObamaCare won’t go away unless We the People go yank it out by the roots. Personally. Nobody in DC will unring that bell.
The whole deal is simply too good for them
Right.
And mostly this will leave Republicans scratching their heads wondering just how they got snookered so easily
BTTT!
yes, but there has to be a law passed in Congress to allow interstate portability of insurance. Romney is in favor of this.
Goverment can implement policies to allow free market choices.
"While Fehrnstrom diverged from that line of attack, he took issue with President Obama's various positions on the tax vs. penalty issue, saying that Obama first said it wasn't a tax to get it through Congress, then argued at the Supreme Court that it was, before switching again and arguing that it wasn't."
The point is that this issue is irrelevant to the campaign.The voters know that they don't like OsamaObamaCare for many reason...one of which is that it's gonna cost them very serious $$$$.It doesn't matter whether they call it a skunk or a weasel...it's still wildly unpopular and that's all that matters.
You're faulting Romney for agreeing with the conservatives on the court?
What would you have said if he agreed with the liberals on the court?
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