Posted on 06/28/2012 8:04:48 AM PDT by klimeckg
Could this have been a calculated move by SCOTUS Roberts by calling it a TAX he just made Obama a liar!
Remember this - not a tax increase!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0p9Txm55g8
It now is a tax - liar in chief!
I thought about that for a second; sadly, I don’t think that it was anything other than pure betrayal.
Well Roberts also made himself a POS. He violated the Constitution himself. HE can’t implement taxation. No one including the lower courts even argued for such a thing. It came directly out of left field, and is a total violation of the Constitution.
So I don’t really care why he did it to be honest. It’s stupid, and illegal for him to do so.
you pays the tax and who gets exempt( free ride )
That’s what I believe is going on. This was a strategic, purposeful, move by Chief Justice Roberts using the word TAX.
It sounds horrible on its face, but we may be d^&%ing the man(Roberts) too soon.
Maybe Bush’s other pick, Harriet Miers, was the better choice?
WELCOME TO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
This is the worst possible outcome of the case.
I think this makes Obamacare a single payer system.
Why would Obama care as long as the legislation stands? Also, he already had his solicitor argue that it was a tax.
I would hate to think that a justice makes a decision just to score political points.
Having it labeled a tax, is so minute a victory that it is inconsequential.
I believe that it is more than that. This law was not written as a tax. The law has to be rewritten by congress, not the SC, as a tax and properly legislated again.
It is time to throw the tea and our non-representatives in the harbor.
FAD
You're really reaching there.
Probably not, wasn’t she, behind the scenes, given Harry Reid’s stamp of approval? And Roberts wasn’t the replacement choice for her anyway, it was Alito.
Because the SCOTUS ruled that Obamacare IS a tax, they are prohibited from ruling on the Constitutionality of the tax until someone actually opts out of insurance and pays the “tax” in 2014. (see Anti-Injunction Act)
Since this bill was changed to now include a tax, shouldn’t this have to be re-voted on by both the House and the Senate? I would think that the bill is now changed.
I guess this is wishful thinking, but the bill is not as it was signed!
We’ll see.
I have wondered about this ...
If it had been repealed, I had the feeling that [those for whom the law is the main issue] would get complacent and possibly not vote in November.
Now that it has been upheld, it could very well turn into 2010 all over again. Many legislators who voted for the bill were turned out of office on election day.
Let us hope that this is the spark that ignites the fire. Can’t wait to see the next round of polling in the coming days.
This could end up being a tactical victory, but a strategic defeat for Obama ...
If it is a tax and if it is a law, IT CAN BE REPEALED in it’s entirety by the next congress and the next president.
Election 2012 becomes much more critical now!
VOTE!
We already knew Obama was a liar. What this decision does is make it *imperative* that Republicans take the House, Senate and presidency in order to repeal the entire thing, tax and all.
By calling it a tax, the SCOTUS has said this doesn’t have to be permanent because taxes can be repealed or programs defunded. SCOTUS has essentially punted this back to the Congress and we will need to muster the votes in Congress to kill it.
You really think Obama cares about being called a liar???
I don’t understand the law at all - tend to hate lawyers - but when Obama’s lawyers went in there and argued that it’s a tax then the SCOTUS had to consider that. I believe that Mark Levin documented that this has worked in the past. Don’t remember the exact case he was talking about (maybe s/s?) but in the end the left got what they wanted - more access to our money under their control.
Thanks, SCROTUS, for putting your stamp of approval on this 0bamanation.
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