Silver linings, inferred ponies in the pasture, lipstick on the pig, and now another round of hosannas from the Ben Dover Choir.
I agree that this ruling doesn’t mean instant death, but face it, sometime there is no silver lining.
The fact is that Congress has the power to tax income, and they can give a deduction for carrying health insurance.
So the ObamaTax is constitution. While the execution of the HHS Mandate and other issues are still open in the eyes of SCOTUS... the simple thing everyone needs to get is...
Romney +51 for Repeal.
If Obama is reelected, what SCOTUS rules is irrelevant.
Say what you will... Roberts is a Dick-Head... he is dead to us...
The problem is, the Roberts “precedent” will bind the liberals for about seven seconds. Less if they invest in high speed shredders.
This ruling combined with the AZ ruling tell us that once again a so-called conservative Chief Justice has turned to the left once he's secure in his lifetime sinecure! Damn him!
Townhall’s Kate Hick’s analysis on 0bamacare ruling ping.
If Obamacare was struck down, Obama would have used it as a rallying cry to his people, and might have given the election to him
Now, Romeny has the rallying cry and significant momentum, 3 months before the election
That is the best thing about the decisions (and ONLY thing keeping me sane this morning)
I hate it like poison, but OK we got it- so what do we do with it?
Like Roberts said- it is not his job to protect us from our political decisions- OK let’s go with that, and vote every one of these G@#%D@#$ mothe#$^%%#ing b@#$%rds out of office and send a message that wont be forgotten for another 100 years
PACK every town hall meeting
GET IN THEIR FACES (like the pResident told us to) at democrap AND GOP election meetings...
Get them whimpering in the corner so bad they will be afraid NOT TO repeal it
MAke 2010 landslide look like nothing...
Buy guns and ammo too- that would send quite a message
All good except for one thing. A single additional liberal on that court and none of them will ever vote again for the lovely distinctions in Roberts’ opinion. The Commerce Clause will be back with all guns blazing.
Suppose there was a "political" choice that said speech critical of the president was illegal?
Under Roberts logic he would be just fine with that.
There is no excuse nor explanation for Roberts behavior. It is illogical and foolish. All he’s done is give the green light to Washington that they can accomplish most any insanity they dream up through the use of the tax system and it will be constitutional.
The IRS will now become the behavior police and it will not take any time at all to equip them with drones and guns. Welcome to Amerika.
C’mon and crap some more Skittles out of your azz, we don’t have enough bright shiny colors yet.
The problem is, most people won't bother to dig deep enough to find the silver linings. They'll hear that SCOTUS upheld the law, and that will register as victory for ZerO and perhaps "Well, that means he knows more than the conservatives tried to claim." That may be enough to convince a fence sitter to vote for ZerO in November.
Ugh.
Meh.
Anytime the door is opened for the Federal Gov to tax us...believe me, it is ALL bad. No silver linings in sight.
1099 Comments so far after the article in Townhall.com
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“The Roberts Opinion: It’s Not All Bad”
Sure. And at the end of your free train ride, you get a free shower too! Life is grand, eh?
“the mandate is now just the “tax on not having healthcare,” which I’m sure will get a snappier name in the coming days”
It’s already being called the ObamaTax. Let’s go with that.