[Meet the New Boss]

Carney is right. It’s not written as a tax.

It says to Americans, your government hereby commands you to purchase insurance. The penalty for not abiding by this law is a monetary fine.

There are lots of laws written like this. Laws about obeying posted speed limits, for example.

Chief Justice Roberts was wrong. He should have joined the four conservative justices and struck down the law as beyond the power of the federal government to enact under the Commerce Clause.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> Carney is right.

No Siree Bud. Carney is a clown.

Mandate is not a choice. You can’t have both.

[philman_36]

It’s not written as a tax.
Then explain what I've got posted in reply 59.

How can it not be a tax when it says right there in the text that it's an excise tax?

[cableguymn]

bad analogy..

yes.. You can speed and get a ticket.

You can also chose not to drive and thus not get a ticket. Nor be forced to by insurance for a car you do not own.

You can not live with out being affected by this tax/fee/fine/penalty.