it’s still a tax (especially in Roberts mind).
And yes you can have a 0% tax. Look it up.
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Well, fortunately you weren’t the judge doing the legal/constitutional analysis & opinions. I’ll stay with the judge on this.
On Free Republic, it is fashionable to say bad things about Justice Roberts.
After all the prayer vigil and everything he defied the will of Free Republic and judged in favor of Obamacare because it was actually a tax.
Even though it is not stilla tax, the anti Roberts dogma still prevails.
Unfortunately the opinion that determines the outcome is John Robert’s. I believe he will try to save Obamacare, especially the part that doesn’t depend on more people buying private health insurance (the option to expand Medicaid). What has changed since the passing of the 2017 tax reform law is the mandatory requirement that most people must purchase private health insurance to avoid a tax penalty. John Roberts may loosen the states’ control of health insurance premiums because health insurance companies will claim that less young and healthy people buy private insurance now so they have to boost prices.