The Democrats could not have changed Obamacare to a tax. They House is controlled by the GOP, so there is no way Congress could amend the existing bill, and the mandate is not a tax in the existing bill.
Even if you call it a tax, IT DOESN’T MATTER! The US Constitution does not grant the Government the Power to tax Inactivity.
Penalty or tax, it doesn’t matter. Roberts created law out of whole cloth. The laws does not allow the Government to tax inactivity. Well, IT DOES NOW, now that Roberts has made it a precedent GRANTING the Federal government this brand new power.
We now live in a surreal world.
After the USSC decision, why do you claim that Congress can or cannot do something because the Constitution gives specific orders?
Government can tax what it wants, if the court approves it.