https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/07/18/nyt-obama-wh-will-argue-obamacare-mandate-is-a-tax/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:19:13 -0400<![CDATA[This must have been the Friday night news dump from the White House, but if so, it&#8217;s rather stale.  The New York Times reports that the Obama administration will defend the ObamaCare mandates as part of its power to tax, despite Barack Obama&#8217;s contentious debate with George Stephanopoulos when Obama denied it was a tax at all:]]>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:30:11 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/07/18/nyt-obama-wh-will-argue-obamacare-mandate-is-a-tax-n170500