Posted on 06/29/2012 2:25:09 PM PDT by chessplayer
(CNSNews.com) The White House said Friday that the Obamacare insurance mandate tax is a penalty for not having insurance a statement that directly contradicts what the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
According to press reports, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One that the penalty was not a tax but a penalty.
In a 5-4 ruling issued just one day before, Chief Justice John Roberts stated that the mandate was not a penalty and was, in fact, a tax.
You can call it what you want, but it is affecting one percent of the population. Because most people either have health insurance or people do the responsible thing, and if they can afford health insurance they will purchase it, he said.
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“One day after the SC gives him what he wants, he calls them a pack of liars.”
Putting massive pressure on them worked, and Obama’s going to keep that pressure going.
The legal challenges to Obamacare are NOT over, and he needs a compliant court.
For example, there are no exemptions to a tax like there can be with penalties.
Unfortunately, it is a brilliant political move. The white house refuses to call it a tax, but the SCOTUS calls it a tax. Zer0bama gets to move forward on it, continue to stuff it down our throats, and never has to call it a tax. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and a tax by any other name smells just as sweet to the democraps.
Maybe Roberts and Obama should have got together and got their stories straight before the big announcement.
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