“Roberts will probably argue there is still a tax but it’s $0. So teh tax is still there.”
Actually, for something to exist, its value cannot equal zero. Thus, there is no tax associated with Obamacare.
Well yeah if you want to apply logic and rule of law. But Roberts didn’t use either of those last time.
“Actually, for something to exist, its value cannot equal zero.
It is a placeholder, a symbol to be filled in but with a zero value currently. It exists, just like any mathematical variable ‘x’ with an as yet unassigned value, or a value of zero. In this case, rather than a variable in an equation it is a legal definition and it exists.
Just because I haven’t completed my taxes yet and the last box says “0” doesn’t mean my debt to the IRS ‘doesn’t exist’. And going on what the other guy said, if I finish my taxes and I owe zero my debt to the IRS still exists, but with a value of zero.