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  • What type of tax is it?

    07/01/2012 8:44:32 AM PDT · by Sodbuster · 60 replies
    7/1/12 | Sodbuster
    The Obamacare penalty was ruled a tax by Robers. I am trying to identify what type of tax it is. Is it an income tax? No. Is it a property tax? No. I wouldn't be taxed on property that I own. I would be taxed on services that I didn't buy. Is it a sales tax? No. I wouldn't be paying a percentage sales tax on soemthing that I bought, I would be paying a tax on something that I didn't buy. Is there anything like this 'tax' in existence today? I truly need to know. How can a person...
  • The Problem with Romneycare (Doubletalk: He opposes Obamacare but supported a similar plan in Mass.)

    04/20/2010 6:30:42 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 87 replies · 630+ views
    National Review ^ | 04/20/2010 | Stephen Spruiell
    Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney must be tired of answering questions about his position on Obamacare, yet questions remain. We know he’s against it, but how does he square his opposition to it with his support for a similar plan in Massachusetts? His answer — what’s good for the states is not always good for the country — looks increasingly weak now that flaws in the Massachusetts model are coming to light. And yesterday, the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Moffit, an erstwhile supporter of the Massachusetts plan, declared in a Washington Post op-ed that Heritage’s support for the individual mandate, a...