“There was nothing good about yesterday’s ruling.”
I don’t buy into this theory totally, I agree this decision doesn’t make sense no matter how I view it, but there is one salient point, and that is the fact that if you are going to try and force people to do what you want through the tax code, then at least it will be out in the open as a tax, and not hidden under the false pretense of a mandate.
Do you think Obamacare would have passed as a tax increase?
The very term Tax Increase, for whatever reason, will be a hard battle to win in any congress.
No. That's why it wasn't passed as a tax increase, it was passed as a penalty. Roberts did not rule on the law, he re-wrote it, using arguments advanced by neither party. It is a breathtaking judicial over-reach.