Posted on 07/02/2012 1:01:28 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign broke with congressional Republicans on Monday by arguing that the individual mandate upheld by the Supreme Court last week is a penalty, not a tax.
http://thehill.com/video/campaign/235855-romney-team-agrees-with-obama-mandate-not-a-tax
Duck duck who's got the Duck ?
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The title is wrong Romney didnt say that
He’s right. The idea that it’s a tax was a contrived fiction by Roberts in order to excuse himself for being a coward who bowed to PC thugs. It’s a penalty, and therefore the entire bill is unconstitutional.
MITT ROMNEY: For use when lying and looting aren’t quite enough to bring conservatives into the fold. He’s got a face for everyone to cherish.
Here we go...GOP candidate blows another election.
Romney’s point being...the reason for upholding the law as a tax is invalid.
Nice headline by the media...It could also have read: Romney, Scalia, Alito, etc. agree it is not a tax...
He is correct, though it doesn’t fit with the plan.
It’s a penalty. Scalia, et al, knew it. Romney knows it.
This is more pro-0bamatard spin.
Yeah, well, Romney can stuff it. Go Obama!
That will teach them.
To be a tax, the Bill has to start life in The House......this didn't. To be a tax, it has to generate revenue.......this doesn't, it punishes.
Where in the constitution does it say the government has the right to penalize one for NOT spending money on something they DON’T want?
You obviously don’t get it.
Romney, Scalia, Thomas and Alito say it’s not a tax, but a mandate.
Roberts and the libs in the court made up this crap about it being a tax so they could uphold it.
Whose side are you on?
False MSM meme.
The DNC makes no distinction between money they seize and money you save for a rainy day.
Romney said in 2009 that those that want to buy insurance can, those that don’t will have to put aside enough to cover their costs, there will be no free rides.
That illustrates the entire philosophical difference between liberalism and conservatism.
“To be a tax, the Bill has to start life in The House......this didn’t.”
Roberts knew that, but Hussein called in whatever Roberts owes.
How does the worst president ever suddenly pwn the USSC chief justice?
FUJR and the Hussein Heads riding you in on!
Do you agree with Scalia that it wasn’t a tax?
He’s a conservative.
We feel we should save for rainy days.
Liberals feel the govt should seize your funds for rainy days.
No surprise that the source is the Hill. If we would spend less time taking the bait from every liblizard who tries to divide us; we might have time to recall that unless Obama goes the next decision won’t be even 5 to 4.
It’s highly doubtful that the Republican establishment will ever be bright enough to appoint someone who actually is a conservative, but at least they probably won’t appoint Justice Holder or Justice Ayers...
He’s a conservative.
We feel we should save for rainy days.
Liberals feel the govt should seize your funds for rainy days.
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