The government has always, at least since WWI, had the power to bleed the public dry through taxation.
All Roberts did was tell us the way the world really is.
Branding it a tax brings it under the control of the budget process where 51 senators can drive the bus rather than 60.
Another gift from Roberts, whether intentional or the result of the law of unintended consequences, we should take advantage of the gift.
In order to take advantage the GOP would need a couple dozen bottles of Old Spine Grow.