Why not a penalty tax for not sending your kids to public schools?
Why not a penalty tax for not buying an electric car?
Why not a penalty tax for not installing a government monitored thermostat in your home?
Why not a penalty tax for not creating a gun-free zone in your house?
They just might attach the new “penalty taxes” to something essential such as your electric, gas, water utility bills or maybe your internet service.
Would it now be possible for them to enact a penalty tax for not having an abortion?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Court did - or could - decide that the tax itself is constitutional. That battle will likely be fought later.
Why not a tax for refusing to be armed at all times in public places?
In pre-revolutionary America, many localities had such requirements for the possession of firearms at home with sufficient ammunition to be an integral part of the militia. There is precedent for that.
Why are you giving them ideas?