[philman_36]

The fact will always remain that the law was NOT passed as a tax.
Would you like to be shown that it was presented as well as passed as a tax?

@ S. 1796 [Report No. 111–89]

Mr. BAUCUS, from the Committee on Finance reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar Snip Subtitle D—Shared Responsibility
PART I—INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 1301. Excise tax on individuals without essential health benefits coverage.

If it was presented as a tax wouldn't it be passed as a tax as well?

Are you sure you know what you're talking about
or do you believe you know what you're talking about?

[philman_36]

Ping to reply #8.

[NotTallTex]

I am not talking about how it was presented, I am talking about how it was passed by Congress. With all the difficulty of it being passed as a penalty, do you actually think it would have passed had it been passed, by Congress, as a tax? Roberts allowed it to be “presented” in a different manner than which it was passed. All the Democrats, including Obama, insisted it was NOT a tax!