You really think Romney will overturn it? Romney is the father of Obamacare.
Romney will do some things different if Congress backs him. Romney will structure the penalty as a tax credit instead of as a tax. He’ll raise the general tax level and give you some money back if you buy insurance. It’ll be a little more palatable in that we’re already use to tax credits as incentives for various behaviors. But in essense it will be the same. It’s just semantics.
Romney will also probably change it from a Federal program to a voluntary state program. However the Federal purse strings attached will make it almost impossible for any state not to implement it. It’s still not an enumerated power and the end result is exactly the same.
Romney will present it differently but the end result is exactly the same. It’s what he did in Massachusetts and he’s always defended what he did there. Even though it’s practically bankrupted the state.
Romney has repeatedly said his first priority is to repeal Obamacare. Every Republican running for election has claimed they will vote to repeal Obamacare. Every GOP leader has unequivocably stated that their first act will be to repeal Obamacare.
So, do you really think everybody is lying?
O.K. Guess we'll have to get rid of Zero without your help, then.