the lies of David W, Corn

[AnotherMcIntosh]

49. He promised "no new taxes" on those making under 250k? And he kept that promise? Did you notice that

when the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act,

"In a 5-4 ruling, the court said a part of the law that requires everyone to buy health insurance or pay a fine – the so-called “individual mandate” -- is constitutional because it amounts to a tax, which Congress has authority to levy."

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/supreme-court-rules-on-affordable-care-act

Did you also know that the Obama Administration also argued that the "individual mandate" was constitutional because it is a tax and the Federal government has the Constitutional power to levy such taxes?

In the brief filed in the Supreme Court, for example, the Obama Administration argued

"First, the Act builds upon the pre-existing nationwide system of employer-based health insurance that is the principal private mechanism for health care financing. 42 U.S.C.A. § 18091(a)(2)(D). As with previous measures designed to encourage employer-based insurance, Congress used the federal tax laws to help achieve its goal, establishing tax incentives for small businesses to purchase health insurance for their employees ...
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"III. Plaintiffs Fail to Address Congress’s Authority to Enact the Minimum Coverage Provision as an Exercise of its Taxing Power.
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"In 'passing on the constitutionality of a tax law,' a court is 'concerned only with its practical operation, not its definition or the precise form of descriptive words which may be applied to it.' Nelson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 312 U.S. 359, 363 (1941). As the government’s district court briefs explain in detail, the minimum coverage provision is in the Tax Code, and it operates as a tax."

http://www.justice.gov/healthcare/docs/baldwin-v-sebelius-brief-for-appellees.pdf

In your world, this is not a tax?

Sure, but only if you disregard the Obama Administration's argument before the Supreme Court that that it is a tax. And only if you disregard the Supreme Court's opinion in which it agreed with the Obama Administration that it is a tax.