You’re buying into this whole “it’s a tax!” bullsh!t. The function of a tax is to raise revenues to finance the legitimate functions of government. The ObamaCare penalty is no more a tax than is a speeding ticket. The penalty’s function is not revenue generation; the penalty is *strictly* punitive.
No, I am buying into the constitution... I asked you to list the restrictions on taxation in article 16... I see you have found none..
As a side note, during the hearing at the supreme court, the joke of a lawyer presenting the case for fubo actually said, rather sheepishly, that it was a tax.
The big question that no one seems to be asking is, is this a fairly applied tax? With so many exemptions given out, the answer is a sound NO. This will not stand constitutional muster. Either it will fall in it’s entirety, or the ones given exemptions will lose them.
However, it cannot be challenged until it is actually applied, and someone actually has to pay it. That is in 2014 ( if it lasts that long ).
As another side note, romney did infact state that he wanted to keep parts of it. How does that line up for him signing a total repeal ( or the republican libs writing up a complete repeal )????