Monday, June 14, 2010
"When a Tax Is Not a Tax"
Most of us know that politicians will say anything to get elected.
Apparently, that behavior is NOT restricted to the election cycle.
They have different (opposite) stories depending on the venue...
Apparently, that behavior is NOT restricted to the election cycle.
They have different (opposite) stories depending on the venue...
Lawrence E. Harkenrider writes at American Thinker.com:
"Inconveniently, shortly after the health care bill was passed into law in March of 2010, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, sued the federal government over the constitutionality of the new law. The lawsuit names Barack Hussein Obama, in his capacity as President of the United States, as one of the defendants. The Complaint alleges that the law's mandate requiring people to either buy health insurance or pay a fine is unconstitutional.
The Department of Justice, speaking on behalf of President Obama and the other defendants in his administration, recently filed its Response. Among other arguments, the defendants assert: 'The Minimum Coverage Provision Is Constitutional as an Exercise of the Power to Tax and Spend to Provide for the General Welfare.' In short, the mandate is constitutional because it constitutes a federal tax."
