Axelrod Won’t Say Mandate Is A Tax

Free Beacon ^ | 6/29/12 | staff

[Nachum]

Axelrod spinning

[popdonnelly]

Axelrod is an insidious moron.

[Fantasywriter]

I wouldn't look to the GOP for much of anything. They've let too many golden opportunities pass them by already, and show no sign of changing.

Fortunately there are private interests/concerns that recognize Obama for the unparalleled, unmitigated disaster he is. They will lead the charge against him, and I would imagine it will be devastating.

[Sunshine Sister]

How can he say it is not a tax when the supremes said it was?

[nickcarraway]

GOP-dominated congress that can repeal it all?

Is there any evidence they will repeal it? Or is there evidence they will increase it?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sounds like you should vote for Obama again.

[nickcarraway]

You can vote for Obama you want, it’s not going to make much difference. Romney, Obama, Bush,they are all the same. Obama modeled his presidency on everything Bush did. Romney’s just the least intelligent of the three, and he unleashed this fascist healthcare bill on us.

[America_Right]

Assholerod

Now THAT'S funny! I can't believe I hadn't seen that before now.

[History Repeats]

I just came up with that one. It seemed to fit so I went with it.

[Let_It_Be_So]

“All taxes are mandated.”

Apparently, some are more mandated than others. An excerpt from a piece Mark Levin linked to recently (source AP, via NPR):

“The law, however, severely limits the ability of the IRS to collect the penalties. There are no civil or criminal penalties for refusing to pay it and the IRS cannot seize bank accounts or dock wages to collect it. No interest accumulates for unpaid penalties.

So how can the IRS enforce the mandate? Scary letters and threats to withhold tax refunds.

The law allows the IRS to withhold tax refunds to collect the penalty, and most filers get refunds. This year, 77 percent of the 135 million individual income tax returns processed by the IRS qualified for a refund. The average refund: $2,707.

For those who don’t qualify for a refund, a stern letter from the IRS can be effective, even if it doesn’t come with the threat of civil or criminal penalties, said Elizabeth Maresca, a former IRS trial attorney who supervises the Tax & Consumer Litigation Clinic at the Fordham University law school.

“Most people pay because they’re scared, and I don’t think that’s going to change,” Maresca said.”

Here is the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=156417298&m=1