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Is Obamacare a tax or not
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The Obama administration is saying it is not. The Supreme court said that the only way the legislation could be legal would be that it is a tax.
As a tax it is the largest in American history and falls directly on the poor and middle class. The rich don't need healthcare insurance at all if they don't want it and already probably have terrific plans and can afford to pay any "tax or penalty"

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If the administration keeps insisting it is not a tax, can the bill be revisited by the courts?
Yes
45%
Maybe - never thought of it
9.7%
Maybe - if Obama declares it not a tax
29%
No -state why
16%
This is not a scientific survey, click here to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding and voting descrepencies.
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945call
Posted 324 days ago
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If it is a tax, the Republicans can use reconciliation to repeal it. Simple majority in each House would be required. The Democrats could sue to prevent it and that could go directly to the Supreme Court.
lastbaldeagle
Posted 324 days ago
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It is a liar’s tax. It is a liar’s penalty. It is a liar’s plan to further bankrupt the nation
The Liar’s Tax

- Alan Caruba Saturday, June 30, 2012
The most singular aspect of Obamacare is the way Democrats, from the President on down, consistently lied about the fact that it was a tax. Interviewed by George Stephanopolos on ABC News, September 2009, Obama was asked if he rejected the criticism that it was a tax increase. “I absolutely reject that notion,” was his reply.

No need to quote the others. They all lied. It took the Supreme Court and, in particular, Chief Justice Roberts, to call Obamacare a tax in the process of eliminating the Commerce Clause of the Constitution as a justification for imposing this burden on Americans.

As CNBC’s Larry Kudlow was quick to note, “Twenty new or higher taxes across the board are bad for economic growth, bad for job hiring, bad for investors, and bad for families,” adding that when “you tax something more, you get less of it.”
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