Jack Lew is one smart, slimy, smarmy, disagreeable man.
‘How many legs does a calf have if we called its tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.’ - Abraham Lincoln
AND I find the constant denial to be very troubling.
For if the regime insists it is not a tax, then the law cannot stand and the regime perjured itself before the court...
We need to start calling these SOBs out on this redefining stuff. If it is not a tax...then it is unconstitutional.
You can't have it both ways!!! Please somebody ...
Interesting that now, we can be penalized and/or taxed for something that we don’t do.
The law itself says it’s a tax.
BOHICA.
If it is not a Tax, then we owe the IRS nothing. Do you want to ruin your main revenue generator for chump change ? You DC elitist really are stupid.
He can reject the label TAX until the earth stops turning - As a matter of LAW its a tax. End of debate.
Transcript...@Supreme Court: The Health Care Law And The Individual Mandate
It's got this little number in it...
The legislative history is replete with members of Congress explaining that this law is constitutional as an exercise of the taxing power. It was attacked as a tax by its opponents. So I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power.
It would be one thing if Congress explicitly disavowed an exercise of the tax power. But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this Court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis.
Sounds to me like Congress knew it was a tax during debate.
@It Was Always a Tax
In part...Mr. President, the bill before us is clearly an appropriate exercise of the commerce clause. We further believe Congress has power to enact this legislation pursuant to the taxing and spending powers.
Snip...House Democrats likewise argued that Obamacare is constitutionally justified as an exercise of Congresss power to levy taxes and spend money. Thus, Rep. George Miller of California said:
A really good article, IMO.
Be sure to read this...
I rather liked this towards the end...
Why should Obama and his crew give a damn about the Constitution? There’s nobody to hold them accountable for violating it, so Hussein will do as he damn well pleases. And if he’s re-elected, expect a much greater expansion of his dictatorship.
He didn’t call Chavez his “amigo” for nothing, folks.