Comments on: Obama: Healthcare mandate is not a tax BECAUSE I SAID SO

By: NickelAndDime

NickelAndDime — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:52 +0000

Indeed, if you don’t pay the mandate, you also pay a tax.

Right…and who administrates the penalty if you don’t pay the mandate? … The IRS … and what’s the mechanism … your 1040… but it’s not a tax.

A$$Clown.

By: Evrviglnt

Evrviglnt — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:03:31 +0000

If Jazz Shaw ain’t even buying it, why does Obama even get up in the morning?

By: DrAllecon

DrAllecon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:24:20 +0000

I had no idea George Stephanopoulos was so racist.

By: Ruby Slippers

Ruby Slippers — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:03:45 +0000

Obama Officially Called Out on the Nontax Tax…

Yesterday, George Stephanopoulos resorted to reading the dictionary definition of tax when arguing with Obama the fine for not complying with the insurance mandate in the Baucus Bill was not a tax:…

By: mdgwiz

mdgwiz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:56:07 +0000

Obama seems to have no trouble saying that he “signed the stimulus bill without a single earmark” and no one calls him out on it. So, I’m thinking he will take the line from HR3200 : “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” and people will fall for it.

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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:48:01 +0000

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