[TurtleUp]

I don’t care if obama wants to call it a bouquet of flowers. It’s an increase in the amount of our money that the liar in our White House takes from us against our will. That’s a tax by any name. Sorry, socialist, but: YOU LIE!

[tobyhill]

Main Entry: tax
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Date: 14th century
1 a : a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes b : a sum levied on members of an organization to defray expenses
2 : a heavy demand

Sure sounds like a tax to me.