Romney is right, it is a penalty. It is not a tax. I’m sorry to see Allen West and scores of other Conservatives calling it a tax just to score political points for the coming election. I understand their motivation, but the fact of the matter is that if I buy a kitten and call it a cow, it doesn’t make it bovine.
The penalty in Obamacare is certainly not a tax. Roberts just made that up, knowing there is no higher court in the land to which we can appeal the ruling. The Chief Justice of the nations highest court can just pull stuff out of his ass, knowing that he gets the last word. If he says the sky is blue instead of purple, then the color we all see as blue is sudden labelled purple.
I have nothing but contempt and scorn for Benedict Roberts.
The classical term, sumptuary, is not used much these days since most folks call them by a different name but you'd recognize the term "sin tax".
Obviously any excise tax that has as its objective the reduction in consumption of any commodity is actually a 'sumptuary tax'.
I have my own theory about why Roberts came to the realization the "penalty" was actually a tax, but it can be neatly hedged in with two terms ~ excise and sumptuary.
Nothing new there.
Now, about Nancy Pelosi's involvement in this. She has been bellyaching for ever and a day about the people she has called "leaches" or "free riders'. She wants to eliminate that behavior with a penalty of some kind ~ a TAX even ~ that will result in less consumption of a certain commodity ~ to wit, unpaid medical care.
The Democrats tried to hide this from everyone by calling it anything but a tax. Internal to the obamaKKKare legislation is another sumptuary tax ~ this is the one on companies who offer medical insurance plans that are TOO SUMPTUOUS.
Yup, there you have it ~another sumptuary tax, and thee are more ~ those on new medical technology for example ~ they don't want scientists putting on airs by developing brave new medicines that defeat disease.
Another term you need to know about is BLUE NOSE. Nancy Pelosi and obama are both humorless BLUE NOSES ~ they don't want anyone to be happy, or to have a favorable outcome.
Sarah was right, these Leftists want us to pay too much, suffer, and die.
Roberts as a supreme court judge has been a depressing sellout. Yah I am depressed. He tossed the tax thing in as a bone but overlooked that it is an unconstitutional penalty. Even Kennedy got it right. Now we got a dilemma to run on a tax mantra or agree with four justices that it was an unconstitutional mandate. Depressing
Hope Roberts enjoys his party invitations. Maybe those gay rumors weren’t rumors after all. The gays like their parties. A freaking sellout and disappointment. No justice should have a lifetime appointment. That’s one mistake in the separation of powers. This clown might last another 30 years.