“Greta says DOJ will fight it by calling it a tax... Legislators didn’t want to call it a tax for political reasons... But DOJ lawyers call it a tax in defending it...”
How can it be a tax when in 2018, high cost health care plans will be taxed at 40%. Can you tax a tax?
Also, if it is a tax, how can some favored groups claim an opt out on a religious exemption?
It also does not meets the requirements for uniformity because it was not created as an income tax and the law actually states that it is not a tax.
Dividend income is taxed. This income was already taxed as corporate income, and is then taxed again as dividend income.
The estate tax is also taxing wealth that was already taxed when it was earned.
-PJ