SO the reason 0 and Co kept insisting that it wasn’t a tax, was because they knew they could not lawfully start a TAX bill in the Senate. Roberts just trumped their Ace!
That may be part of the reason, but the last thing Obama wanted, I’m sure, is to trumpet this bill, regardless of origin, as a tax. Now, it’s out in the open for all to see, and understand.
I saw this post on another blog...........
Here’s what really occurred — payback. Yes, payback for Obama’s
numerous, ill-advised and childish insults directed toward SCOTUS.
Chief Justice Roberts actually ruled the mandate, relative to the
commerce clause, was unconstitutional.
That’s how the Democrats got
Obama-care going in the first place. This is critical.
His ruling means
Congress can’t compel American citizens to purchase anything. Ever.
The notion is now officially and forever, unconstitutional. As it should be.
Next, he stated that, because Congress doesn’t have the ability to mandate, it must, to fund Obama-care, rely on its power to tax.
Therefore, the mechanism that funds Obama-care is a tax.
This is also critical. Recall back during the initial Obama-care battles, the Democrats called it a penalty, Republicans called it a tax.
Democrats consistently soft sold it as a penalty. It went to vote as a penalty.
Obama declared endlessly, that it was not a tax, it was a penalty. But when the Democrats argued in front of the Supreme Court, they said ‘hey, a penalty or a tax, either way’. So, Roberts gave them a tax.
It is now the official law of the land — beyond word-play and silly shenanigans.
Obama-care is funded by tax dollars. Democrats now must defend a tax increase to justify the Obama-care law.
Finally, he struck down as unconstitutional, the Obama-care idea that the federal government can bully states into complying by yanking their existing medicaid funding.
Liberals, through Obama-care, basically said to the states — ‘comply with Obama-care or we will stop existing
funding.’ Roberts ruled that is a no-no.
If a state takes the money, fine, the Feds can tell the state how to run a program, but if the state refuses money, the federal government can’t penalize the state by
yanking other funding. Therefore, a state can decline to participate in Obama-care without penalty.
This is obviously a serious problem. Are we going to have 10, 12, 25 states not participating in “national”
health-care? Suddenly, it’s not national, is it?
Ultimately, Roberts supported states rights by limiting the federal government’s coercive abilities.
He ruled that the government can not force the people to purchase products or services under the commerce
clause and he forced liberals to have to come clean and admit that Obama-care is funded by tax increases.
Although he didn’t guarantee Romney a win, he certainly did more than his part and should be applauded.