SCOTUS has effectively told Congress that no matter how well they think they've disguised it, a tax is a tax. A penalty is a tax, a fine is a tax. The meaning of a tax has taken on a much broader definition than it had previously.
We all knew that it was a tax, even though Democrats denied it. Their denial gave fig leaves to the crucial votes they needed to get it passed. The bill passed on a false premise and the American people now know they were lied to.
What's Obama going to say in defense? "I had no idea Congress was voting to raise taxes." How stupid does that sound?
And how are the Democrats (remember not a single Republican voted for this) going to deny they raised taxes? "We didn't know the penalty was a tax." How well is that answer going to play-it makes them sound like idiots who didn't even read or understand the legislation they voted for.
I can't wait for the August town meetings although I'm sure the Rats are going to go into hiding again.
They sound like idiots because they actually didn't read or understand it and only an idiot would vote for a bill where the contents were unknown. Sort of like all the 'idiots' who voted for Obama ... content also unknown. So now we have to deal with the horrendous Obamatax .... and the equally horrendous Obama. The 'idiots' need their feet held to fire until they are well-done they need to be 'done' as a congresscritter & sent packing in disgrace.
—What’s Obama going to say in defense? “I had no idea Congress was voting to raise taxes.” How stupid does that sound?—
Especially since his attorneys argued in front of the SCOTUS that it is a tax. ;-)
He won't have to say a thing, he won, we lost. Like the traitor Roberts said, they are not there to protect the citizen from the consequences of elections,
Nor is he there to uphold the Constitution I guess.
Traitor