'Liberty Tax': White House, Media Attack After Drudge Pays Obamacare Opt-Out Penalty

BREITBART.COM ^ | 21 Mar 2014, 5:04 PM PDT | Matthew Boyle

[FreeAtlanta]

A White House aide set off a stampede of liberal media criticism for Internet news pioneer Matt Drudge over Obamacare – but his critics don't seem to understand how small businesses pay taxes. The brouhaha started when Drudge tweeted, “Just paid the Obamacare penalty for not 'getting covered'... I'M CALLING IT A LIBERTY TAX.” Jesse Lee, the Director of Progressive Media at Barack Obama's White House, responded that that was a “Flat lie, no fee for previous year,” adding, “Scary how much influence he once had.” Lee’s response to Drudge set off a firestorm in the liberal media, with many mainstream media and left-wing reporters countering him on Twitter and in their own articles to claim he does not have to pay Obamacare’s Individual Mandate tax until next year. The individual mandate went into effect Jan. 1 of this year, and most people paying their taxes right now are paying taxes for 2013. “Dude, there's no penalty until next yr,” Sahil Kapur

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[FreeAtlanta]

Mr. Kapur is ignorant.

[LostInBayport]

Of course the lefty media can’t understand this. They like so many others in this country have taxes slowly bled out of their paychecks over fifty-two weeks.

Imaging the mass awakening if everyone had to put aside money during every quarter in order to send it off in an envelope to the government at the end of said quarter. From slow bleed to artery slashing.

[Domandred]

It was so weird going from self-employed to regularly employed. Suddenly I wasn’t writing checks for quarterly taxes for next year.

[SunkenCiv]

> Jesse Lee, the Director of Progressive Media at Barack Obama’s White House, responded that that was a “Flat lie, no fee for previous year,” adding, “Scary how much influence he once had.” Lee’s response to Drudge set off a firestorm in the liberal media, with many mainstream media and left-wing reporters countering him on Twitter and in their own articles to claim he does not have to pay Obamacare’s Individual Mandate tax until next year. The individual mandate went into effect Jan. 1 of this year, and most people paying their taxes right now are paying taxes for 2013. “Dude, there’s no penalty until next yr,” Sahil Kapur...

IOW, Drudge told the truth, his critics are all lying. Thanks FreeAtlanta.

[chris37]

I’m not going to pay a tax on my liberty.

Ever.

[AD from SpringBay]

Yep — if everyone had to pay their taxes from their own bank accounts like the self-employed do, then there would be tax reform. But the dolts at the MSM, whose job is to look stuff up, wouldn’t know this. They have the imagination and curiosity of modern journalists and are too used to reading what they are told to read — nothing more, nothing less.

[mommyq]

If he’s self employed, wouldn’t he be paying his quarterly taxes now for tax year 2014?

Do libs no nothing?

[mommyq]

Know nothing. That darn auto correct!

[skinkinthegrass]

Jesse Lee, the Director of Progressive
Media at Barack Obama's White Houseso..Is this is his directorship, the Minister of Truth (Media Censorship/Falsehoods).
His attempt(s) are very weak; but like a Pekingese ('Rat) Dog, he'll snap & growl fiercely..
while peeing/defecating on your ankle..give it a swift kick/punt it in the jaw/@$.

[grobdriver]

Do libs no nothing?

Pretty much.

[vox_freedom]

[JSDude1]

All liberals should be run out of this country for contempt for the people!

[SADMILLIE]

Drudge is a GIANT and these low IQ idiots are Lilliputians.
I am LMAO at these egg faced jerks.

[CDB]

Jesse Lee, the Director of Progressive Media at Barack Obama’s White House, responded that that was a “Flat lie, no fee for previous year,” adding, “Scary how much influence he once had.” Lee’s response to Drudge set off a firestorm in the liberal media, with many mainstream media and left-wing reporters countering him on Twitter and in their own articles to claim he does not have to pay Obamacare’s Individual Mandate tax until next year. The individual mandate went into effect Jan. 1 of this year, and most people paying their taxes right now are paying taxes for 2013. “Dude, there’s no penalty until next yr,” Sahil Kapur...

Wow! Pretty basic stuff. Reveals just how ignorant the Obama Regime really is. This is a great "Teachable Moment," in the Limbaugh tradition. How many times has Rush said that our biggest enemy is the lib's IGNORANCE?

[muir_redwoods]

If I could change two laws I could turn this country around. First, I would outlaw withholding and quarterly payments. Everybody would have to write a big annual check by April 15th and no one would be getting anything back.

Then I would mandate that election day was April 16th.

[denydenydeny]

If I could change two laws I could turn this country around. First, I would outlaw withholding and quarterly payments. Everybody would have to write a big annual check by April 15th and no one would be getting anything back. Then I would mandate that election day was April 16th.

Exactly.

[BuckeyeTexan]

That’s exactly what he did. He said so in a later tweet.

[plangent]

Want some insight into Jesse C. Lee. Look over this chilling post from May 2011:

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/05/24/obama-names-white-house-director-of-on-line-response-looks-more-like-psychological-operations-to-me/

[SunkenCiv]

They’re ignorant, they don’t ‘get’ teachable moments, they’re ineducable. :’)

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

First, I would outlaw withholding and quarterly payments. Everybody would have to write a big annual check by April 15th

Quarterly would be enough. I'd guess that half the people couldn't come up with the payment.

Mark Levin included your election day idea in his "liberty amendments."