Yipeeee!! A Health Care Tax

Well my “Conservative” friends. It is for your own good. You just don’t know what is good for you.

Health Care Tax Passes Judicial Muster

What next? Well in med pot states traffic fatalities are down 9%. Accidents even more. You can see what is coming. And it is for your own good. And to lower health care costs.

The nanny state will have finally caught up with the nannies on the right. Totally delicious to contemplate.

As I keep telling conservatives – any power you give to government will eventually be used against you. Man up.


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13 responses to “Yipeeee!! A Health Care Tax”

  1. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    Chief Justice Roberts just flipped off Obama. It’s payback for being humiliated at the State of the Union speech. By arousing the conservative base with this ruling he has assured that Obama will be a one term president.

    He sidestepped the issue of expansion of the Commerce Clause and has exposed Obama as a liar about the mandate not being a tax.

    Roberts knows how to play the game. What a cynical bastard. Pure genius.

  2. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    Ask yourself, what ruling by the court would cause Obama the most trouble, and then you will know what Roberts did and why.

  3. Sigivald Avatar
    Sigivald

    Yup, what Frank said (well, apart from the imputation of motive, which I won’t claim I have the information to back up).

    The Commerce Clause is now Real and Limiting, under precedent as binding as any other – and the ACA is now officially a tax, contrary to the President’s claims.

    That’s going to hurt in the coming election, I reckon.

  4. SteveBrooklineMA Avatar
    SteveBrooklineMA

    Sorry, but I don’t see many people getting worked up over the tax. People who have insurance won’t pay it. People who pay no Fed income taxes (50% of Americans now) won’t pay it either… it will be offset by credits. The few who will have to pay are getting a guarantee of health coverage on demand for a fraction of its true cost… i.e. a pretty sweet deal.

    The people who are going to take a bath are those who buy health insurance up front, as their premiums will skyrocket. But that won’t be seen as a tax.

  5. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    Well sure people who work will have insurance. Until the company figures out that a $2,000 tax is cheaper than $5,000 insurance.

    How long will it take to do that calculation? Send out the notifications and watch the $$$ pile up.

    Plus there is now no limit on the taxing power. Drink water? A tax. Don’t drink water? A tax. Don’t breathe air from government approved bottles? A tax. The possibilities are endless.

  6. SteveBrooklineMA Avatar
    SteveBrooklineMA

    I agree with all that Simon. I just don’t see people getting worked up about paying the tax. And when premiums rise and employers drop people, the blame won’t be put on the tax, or even the government. It will be put on evil corporations.

  7. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    I’m not so sure about that Steve. Time will tell.

  8. Neil Avatar
    Neil

    Live in a location Congress doesn’t approve of? Forfeit your house. Hey, it’s a “tax”.

    Property rights are sooooo 19th century.

  9. Aristomedes Avatar
    Aristomedes

    I’m with Sigivald on this. And so is Eric Erickson (to whom my godmother listens). More and more, this appears brilliant. Cynical? Maybe, but no more and probably a lot less than the left has been on this issue. No longer do we have to abide the left’s weasel words ; the court says it is a TAX.
    By the way, how does calling Justice Thomas names with which I won’t dirty this page (Twitchy, 12:25 p.m. today), jibe with all the left’s boo-hooing about civility?

  10. Neil Avatar
    Neil

    OK, I think I changed my mind. I’m with Frank and Sigivald. The poison pill here is that there are a number of decisions setting the precedent that a tax must be low enough to be payable. The government can’t just take everything you own if you don’t do as they ask. At least not easily–the danger here is real, but remote.

    On top of that, the commerce clause has been bounded and so has the power of Congress to force states to implement Federal rules. Weak bounds, but definitely not unlimited anymore.

    Politically, it was a master-stroke. I never thought otherwise. The Obama campaign owns the (very unpopular) mandate now. They can’t demonize the SC–the evil conservative Chief Justice gave the president what he wanted, right? Allowing the mandate under the taxation power was probably the political price that had to be paid for limiting the commerce clause.

    On top of all that, everybody is on notice that if you don’t want Big Nanny in charge, you’re going to have to saddle up ’cause the SC won’t save you. Nothing like a winnable fight to get people motivated. And perhaps this will finally get people serious about an amendment to limit the taxation power, or even to make explicit some property rights.

  11. handworn Avatar
    handworn

    It’s an asinine decision, “political master-stroke” or not. The amazing thing is, Obama said, over and over, that it wasn’t a tax:

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-rejected-characterizing-insurance-mandate-tax-2009-150602242.html

  12. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    Huff Post must read Classical Values. Here is one Ed Haskell ripping off comments here:
    [Robert’s decision is]In short, a pivotal, brilliant, even historic move! A revolution dressed up in sullied judicial robes…
    It took you 3 effing days Ed. Welcome to the party pal.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ed_Haskell/john-roberts-health-care-decision-supreme-court-chief-justice_n_1641481_165355364.html

  13. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    Frank,

    Your comment made my day.