Are you being obtuse on purpose? Or are you thick and simply cannot help it? It has to be one of those two.
The mandate is “in effect” a tax and the whole bill is full of taxes - but it is up to the folks who PASS THE BILL and not those who OPPOSE THE BILL to define what it is. Moreover, it is NOT UP TO THE JUSTICE to define it in a way that allows it to pass muster.
In addition, what the GOP lawmakers called it in their fight to stop it doesn’t have a damned thing to do with the Constitutional question.
Quit being so thick.
You are being thick
The GOP called it was it is a TAX
You are saying they only used that description for political purposes which would make them no better than lying democrats and you are justifying that
Now Obama is scared to death and once again denying it is a tax
The GOP better be all over this as a TAX just as they did during the so called debate
The SCOUTUS had a perfect right to call a DEFACTO TAX
The question is what should they have done AFTER they pointed that out
That link I posted gives a great analysis of the situation