killerzX said:
Mr Khan said:
killerzX said: so basically, we have been lied to. this is fraud essentially. we were told time and time again, the mandate is not a tax. taxes wont be raised on the middle class. barack obama lied to us, right to our faces. this is the largest tax increase in the history of the world. and guess who collects this this massive tax... the insurance companies, and the IRS is going to enforce it. So today the sovereign nature of the individual wasn't just weakened; it was eviscerated. |
They interpreted the fine as a tax, not the fees to companies themselves
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yes, and its the biggest tax increase in history.
the american people have been suckered.
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That seems incredibly unlikely. The tax increase part anyway. I think at one point the income tax rate went up by like 50%.
As for the people who want single payer and are estatic about the ruling.... I'd suggest looking at what Howard Dean's opinion about the individual mandate being upheld meant for that.