Supreme Court ‘Obamacare’ Decision Full of Irony, Surprise
Not much to say on this other than recount the facts- Obama and minions claimed it was not a tax. White House lawyers argued in oral arguments before the Supreme Court that it was not a tax. Four liberal Justices supported it no matter the tax characterization. The Chief Justice said it boiled down to a tax and declared it permissable. WTF!!!???
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The individual mandate “is absolutely not a tax increase,” Obama argued in 2009 in a contentious interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”
Many pundits noted the irony, therefore, when Obama’s solicitor general argued before the court that Congress has the authority to require that individuals purchase health insurance based upon the Commerce Clause and its authority to “lay and collect taxes.” While Roberts rejected the argument that Congress has the authority under the Commerce Clause, he accepted that the penalty imposed for not purchasing health insurance is a tax.
Another irony is that some Democrats, in anticipation that the court would strike down the law, had already been arguing that the court has become too political and partisan. Will they still make that argument now that the Ccourt ruled in their favor?
Whether or not to repeal the individual mandate legislatively is now destined to become an issue in the 2012 election.
“If we want to get rid of ‘Obamacare,’ we are going to have to replace President Obama,” Romney said in a press conference after the court’s decision.
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