[tflabo]

Excellent question. Does Obama even have Constitutional powers to rescind taxes as waivers? Isn't that only limited to Congress if ObamaCare is deemed a tax?

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[RobertClark]

I brought this point up in a thread yesterday:

How can a regulatory agency (HHS) grant waivers to a “tax” imposed by Congress (to follow the SCOTUS interpretation)?

The exemptions require immediate challenge. Could the Dept. of Agriculture begin granting waivers to personal income tax? Could the EPA begin granting waivers to capital gains taxes? If the mandate is in fact a tax, how can a gov’t agency grant waivers to said tax? Not even the IRS can do so - an act of Congress is required.

........For once, I was ahead on something!

[bgill]

Same way we have an ineligible POTUS. Same way the SCOTUS can rewrite cases and ignore the Constitution. Same way Congress can not do their sworn duty.