“Now on the other hand, what if he is?”
It’s pointless to play that game. You say yourself that you are grasping for a ray of hope.
Reposting NTHockey’s post here:
Occam’s razor:”other things being equal, a simpler explanation is better than a more complex one.”
The Roberts decision is so complex as to defy reason. One principle of law is what would a reasonable man expect? There is no such standard in this decision. Rather, there is a twisted, convoluted Machiavellian path from A to B that no reasonable person would accept. If something is repeatedly deemed not a tax, by what stretch of the imagination is it suddenly a tax?
Excellent point Smokey, and its the time of night that my brain no longer wants to function well. We were lied to, told it wasn't a tax. And now, all of a sudden, its a tax.
Machiavelli would revel in this environment. And that's a sad commentary. Liars all.