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To: philman_36
What I said:

What kind of a tax is it? Roberts called it a “tax on not obtaining health insurance.”

What you said:

Pretty close. What the decision actually says...

Um, ROBERTS USED THE EXACT WORDS I SAID HE USED IN DESCRIBING WHAT CONGRESS DID:

From page 40 of the slip opinion, quoting Roberts:

Even if the taxing power enables Congress to impose a tax on not obtaining health insurance, any tax must still comply with other requirements in the Constitution....

33 posted on 07/02/2012 11:42:11 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Meet the New Boss
ROBERTS USED THE EXACT WORDS I SAID HE USED IN DESCRIBING WHAT CONGRESS DID:
Well that is hardly what you said earlier.

You said...Roberts called it a “tax on not obtaining health insurance.”
So Roberts didn't call it a "tax on not obtaining health insurance" but Congress did.

Right?

36 posted on 07/02/2012 11:59:35 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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