I think it’s time we consider what we are going to do if the Supreme Court does uphold this. I personally think at that point, it will time for some Civil Disobediance. The idea I have is, regardless of whether you have health insurance or not, when you get to the section on the 1040 where you must provide you insurance information or calculate your fine, Take out a black magic marker and block out the entire section, like on a redacted document. Don’t write anything, just a huge black filled in box over the section and any other lines that reference penalties regarding health insurance. I guarantee, someone WILL see it because it will be kicked out of the IRS’s automated form readers (also causing them huge headaches and backlogs hand processing the returns). Of course if only a few hundred or thousand people do this, probably all you will end up with is an audit. But if even a couple million did this it would certainly send a message.
If the SCOTUS upholds this it means that the Government can do whatever it wants, the Constitution will be moot.
It won’t matter if President Palin/Bachmann/Perry overturn obamacare through legislation.
The SCOTUS will have set a precedent that cannot be undone by civil disobedience or electing conservatives.
Bad, bad things are going to happen if they uphold this.
I have a better idea. Come April 15th, a few million of us simply refuse to file and send the bastards any more of OUR money.
CUT THEM OFF AT THE KNEES, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE DONE TO US!