The SCOTUS made it a tax and the IRS will enforce it........or else it would've been struck down under commerce. Read it fool:
In its 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the so-called individual mandate could be upheld only because it fell within Congress' authority to tax.
However, that is not how the Obama administration originally sold it.
In fact, in a 2009 interview, President Obama adamantly rejected the notion that the penalty for not buying insurance amounted to a tax hike.
"You can't just make up that language and decide that that's called a tax increase," Obama said, scolding his interviewer.
Now that the high court says it is a tax, Republicans say the law will be more unpopular.
And the fight will surely go on.
Read more: Republicans claim ObamaCare ruling could help push to repeal it | Fox News
You are WAAAY TOO EASY to handle my dear.
You care comparing APPLES to ORANGES.
Why not invest your TIME EFFORT and ENERGY researching the ARGUMENTS presented by the SOLICITOR GENERAL to the SCOTUS. There, you wil find that BOTH concepts were presented to the SCOTUS and they had a choice to rule on one or the other.
It was a WIN WIN for the SOLICITOR GENERAL because it was struck down under the commerce clause, but acceptable under congressional authority.
Your BLONDE BIMBO from FLORIDA should have known what hit her when she argued her case. SHE NEVER SAW IT COMING.
A classic move by DONALD VIRRILLI JR in his arguments to the court. During the presentation to the SCOTUS, experts from FOX SPEWS described his presentation as a TRAIN WRECK, and began the process of "reading tea leaves" and making a determination that the law would be overturned.
Unfortunately, those experts ON FOX SPEWS were ALL WET.
Justice Roberts sided with Virrilli on congressional authority on taxation. FOX SPEWS and the other right wing outlets will have you believe ROBERTS simply made up something to fit the healthcare bill as if Taxation was never addressed, but it was and it was the determining factor on the mandate.
Sorry my dear, YOU LOSE.
Peace
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