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Obamacare Forward to Tax

In my humble opinion, Chief Justice Roberts negotiated the protection we needed—protection of States’ Rights, in return for revealing the truth about taxes, which the People can resolve in the very next election.

Some things must be handled by the Supreme Court to save the Republic, like upholding the 10th Amendment—States’ Rights. But a huge tax increase on the Middle Class is easily resolved in the very next four or so months by the People. This forces Obama to admit he has broken a campaign promise to the Middle Class by raising yet another tax on them.

In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice Marshall (a Federalist) gave Jefferson (an anti-Federalist) a victory, which forced Jefferson to acknowledge Marshall’s authority to say what the Law is. In Obamacare, Chief Justice Roberts (a Republican appointee) gave Obama (a Democrat) a victory, which forces Obama to acknowledge the mandate survives as the tax it is.

Democrats want to raise taxes to redistribute wealth, to subsidize projects, to control behavior. Chief Justice Roberts gave them that. The 16th Amendment—Income Taxes already permits this. It is easily reversed in the next election. Moreover, the decision gives the issue of our tax system clarity for the voter.

The government through our current tax system can control everything. Tax “credits” can “penalize” you for refusing Congress’s directions. Through loopholes and credits, the government can force taxpayers to choose the path chosen for them, or face onerous taxes (and the criminal penalties for not paying them). In other words, if Obama wants you to all kick in money to repay his campaign contributors at Solyndra, he can demand you pay a $1,000 tax or buy a solar panel with such narrow specifications it could only come from Solyndra.

The People must vote for tax reformers: no more loopholes, tax credits, or other disguised oppressive tricks; we need a flat tax or fair tax—in any form, a blind tax.

“What the Court did not do on its last day in session, I will do on my first day if elected President of the United States—that is, I will act to repeal Obamacare.” —Mitt Romney

It’s a start.