Looks like Aunt Nancy was wrong on this: we didn't need to "see the plan to know what's in it" as regards the (evil) Individual Mandate:
"In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges, the Obama administration has been forced to argue that the individual mandate represents a tax -- even though Obama himself argued the exact opposite while campaigning to pass the legislation."
Whoa – The Obamaman lied about ObamaCare©?!
I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya!
Well, not really, since we had already made that call early on. This is a significant development, though, because it not only puts the lie to claims that the mandate is not in fact a tax, but that it is an unprecedented one, at that.
Until now, taxes were levied on things we bought or owned, but this is a tax on merely existing. Unlike the red herring that auto insurance is mandated, being taxed because one demurred from participating means that you'll be taxed simply for being a living American. I used to joke that these folks would tax the air that we breathe if only they could; turns out, this piece of ObamaCare© does just that.
If there's a bright side, it's that as more and more "clarifications" come forth, an overwhelming majority of Americans want this train-wreck repealed. It remains to be seen, of course, whether or not that translates into action, but it's a hopeful sign that folks understand just how bad this is, and that the pro-ObamaCare© forces are being forced to defend the indefensible.
"In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges, the Obama administration has been forced to argue that the individual mandate represents a tax -- even though Obama himself argued the exact opposite while campaigning to pass the legislation."
Whoa – The Obamaman lied about ObamaCare©?!
I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya!
Well, not really, since we had already made that call early on. This is a significant development, though, because it not only puts the lie to claims that the mandate is not in fact a tax, but that it is an unprecedented one, at that.
Until now, taxes were levied on things we bought or owned, but this is a tax on merely existing. Unlike the red herring that auto insurance is mandated, being taxed because one demurred from participating means that you'll be taxed simply for being a living American. I used to joke that these folks would tax the air that we breathe if only they could; turns out, this piece of ObamaCare© does just that.
If there's a bright side, it's that as more and more "clarifications" come forth, an overwhelming majority of Americans want this train-wreck repealed. It remains to be seen, of course, whether or not that translates into action, but it's a hopeful sign that folks understand just how bad this is, and that the pro-ObamaCare© forces are being forced to defend the indefensible.
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