Carney is right. It’s not written as a tax.
So now that the Court has ruled it is a tax, even if it wasn't written as a tax, as you claim, isn't Carney actually disagreeing with the Court's decision instead of agreeing and supporting it?
For the Act to have been Constitutional doesn't it have to be considered a tax even though the word "penalty" is used instead of "tax"? Isn't that what the Court said?
Wasn't the use of 'penalty' really nothing more than 'word play' by those who wrote the bill so that it wouldn't be seen as the tax it really is?
And if it isn't a tax then why is the IRS in charge of collecting this "penalty"? Aren't they the revenue service of the government? Wouldn't such action be outside of their scope of operation?
Yes! You are absolutely right.
Carney and Obama are laughing their asses off at what a fool Roberts was.
Roberts thought he was going to win the "Strange New Respect Award" (awarded by The American Spectator for supposed conservatives who abandon conservative positions in order to bask in the approval of the MSM) but in reality they are just laughing at him.
Roberts should have taken the many statements by Obama and the Congressional leadership that it was NOT a tax as an admission or stipulation to that effect and then gone ahead and voted with Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and Alito.
Hey I just noticed that in sub-clause (e)(3) American Indians are exempt from the ObamaCare mandate.
I suggest we all contribute a couple of recipes to an Indian cookbook like Elizabeth Warren and then declare ourselves exempt from ObamaCare!