tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681544228356138697.post6427064180550368982..comments2023-10-19T07:41:59.615-07:00Comments on This, That, and the Other Thing: "Individual Mandate Survives as a Tax"gengwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777011310672675137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681544228356138697.post-86093847113349432962012-06-29T07:15:13.906-07:002012-06-29T07:15:13.906-07:00While I understand your angst over this decision, ...While I understand your angst over this decision, I think you are wrong in both theory and practice.<br /><br />The reality is that Congress already had the power to impose such a tax. At oral argument, even the state's lawyers conceded that if this were a tax, it would be constitutional. From a theoretical standpoint, this decision does nothing to advance a leftist agenda.<br /><br />So why haven't we seen such a tax ever before? Simply because, from a practical standpoint, it would be impossible to pass. Virtually everyone who commented on the law during its passage and during the two years this has worked its way through the courts agrees that the law would have never made it through congress if the "shared responsibility payment" were a tax. Democrat leaders certainly knew this which is why they went to great lengths to sell this as a penalty and, in fact, blatantly denied it was a tax (a lie, it turns out). <br /><br />So I am not too worried about car, broccoli, or Koran (which would have 1st amendment issues as well) taxes in the future.gengwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777011310672675137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4681544228356138697.post-75537578326410965372012-06-28T19:52:47.512-07:002012-06-28T19:52:47.512-07:00Your article makes no sense whatsoever. This is a ...Your article makes no sense whatsoever. This is a complete victory for Obama and his Leftist regime. Thanks to Roberts and his Harvard Leftist agenda, the U.S. Government can tax and penalize Americans for NOT buying something that the Government mandates must be bought. Thus, the U.S. Government can now force EVERY American to buy a copy of the Koran and if any American refuses, the Government may impose a TAX on that individual. If the American refuses to pay the Koran Tax, the U.S Government can PEANALIZE that American. And if that American still refuses to pay Koran Tax and Penalties imposed, the U.S. Government can seize that American's property and liquidate it to extract the Koran Tax. Are you getting it yet? This marks the beginning of the end of American. The U.S.A. is now doomed to the Leftist oblivion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com