I don`t get WTF so called conservatives are seeing.
The PRECEDENT has been set. The Govt. can force you to do ANYTHING under the ruse of “ it`s only a tax “ even if you do nothing. Think about it, doing nothing, wanting to be left alone can be criminalized now. If you refuse to participate you`ll be fined. Fail to pay the fine, garnished wages. Got o wages, got to jail.
There is no silver lining.
"As solicitor general of the United States, Justice Elena Kagan served as the head of an office responsible for formulating the Obama administrations legal defense of its domestic agenda priority Obamacare. "
"According to Section 455(b)(3) of Title 28 of the U.S. Code, justices must disqualify themselves in cases where they have served in governmental employment and in such capacity participated as counsel, adviser, or material witness concerning the proceeding or expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case or controversy. In United States v. Gipson, the Tenth Circuit held that judges must recuse themselves if they have previously taken a part, albeit small, in the investigation, preparation, or prosecution of a case. Other courts have suggested that, merely by virtue of a lawyers position as the head of an office during the preparation of a case, he or she is disqualified to sit as a judge on that case."
"Previously undisclosed e-mails that the Justice Department has released pursuant to court order demonstrate Kagans direct involvement in the administrations defense of the presidents health law from the very beginning. "
http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/291832/kagan-must-recuse-herself-obamacare-case-sen-jeff-sessions
I'm far from happy but isn't it true that by removing this from the commerce clause and defining it as a tax that allows Congress to take it apart several ways and much easier too? and as a tax, the first time I am forced to pay this tax, I will challenge it in court. Can't do that until someone has the tax applied to them.
From the political side - it's a TAX, loud and clear and they can't escape it. And now that it is a tax, how can Zero exempt his buddies? good luck with that, that union loot should be on the endangered list soon enough