—You are absolutely right. The SCOTUS just allowed Congress to tax us for breathing. Twisting the constitution into a pretzel. What else is new?—
My emotional response to this is similar to my response when, completely unexpected by me, my wife of 20 years had divorce papers delivered to me in 1997.
And it is appropriate, because the United States of America just divorced itself from the constituion - and me.
Call me an optimist, but I think Roberts might have pulled a fast one on the left.
Here is my thinking; For decades the the SC has taken on the mantle of CREATING legislation - ostensibly the job of congress. And we have rightly excoriated these decisions as judicial activism - legislating for the bench.
What has Obama said all along? “This is not a tax”. Well Roberts I think may have pulled a Solomon and told the country to in essence “Ok - let’s cut the child in half - you each get a piece”.
The bottom line is that Roberts said to congress: “Don’t make us do your dirty work - I’m not gonna be the fall guy. You (congress) have the power to tax and so, we’re gonna call this what it is - a tax.”
And so here we have it: TAXATION by our representation! I think (I hope at least) Roberts understood that this would light a fire - and it will...