If it IS a tax as Roberts somehow found it was. It’s a unconstitutional tax.
Only to point this out....it’s a tax that has no effect on the wealthy of America. It’s aimed at the working class and those just above poverty. Once you lay this out in front of the 35 million folks who don’t have health insurance today....they will make up their mind about the logic of this. It fails to help.
It’s a tax on being rich.
No, wait, it’s a tax on being poor.
Well, it might better be called a tax on having income.
Actually, it’s a tax on being so stupid you go to work for some company that doesn’t offer health insurance.
That’s it! It’s a tax on being stupid.
Wait a minute, starting to sound more like it’s a tax on working and trying to support yourself and NOT relying on the government!
It might be a tax on not paying the penalty...
Or a tax on breathing...
Or a tax on trying to stay healthy. (Me personally, except for the dentist, I haven’t been in a doctors office for the last 20 years...)...
But if it’s a tax on people being healthy and not needing doctors, does that mean it’s just a tax on people who don’t complain?
It’s a direct tax, subject to apportionment.
It’s an indirect tax, subject to uniformity. Wait! If it’s supposed to be uniform, (which it ain’t) then it must be direct.
Roberts is either a traitor to the Constitution or he is a genius.
If they want to enforce this thing as a tax, trust me, it’ll be a long, long time before it get’s clarified to the point that it can go into effect.
Maybe it is a “RobertsTax” since he invented it!