April 21, 2012
Taxing Thoughts from Justice Sotomayor
Two years after its enactment, certain pundits still don't understand the basics of ObamaCare. At The Atlantic on March 29, Robert Wright opined:
If the Supreme Court rules against President Obama on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, there's a sense in which he'll deserve it. After all, there was an easy way for him to make the act impervious to this fate, and it wouldn't have entailed a single change in how the program works.
This fix came up in Wednesday's Supreme Court argument when Justice Sotomayor showed that she is indeed a "wise Latina woman" by suggesting the following: Charge every American a health care tax and then hand out exemptions to those who buy insurance. In other words: Just rename the financial "penalty" imposed on those who don't buy insurance. If you call it a tax instead of a penalty, then the "mandate" to own insurance won't be a mandate, and the constitutionality question won't arise.
Mr. Wright is a mite confused. To begin...(Read Full Article)




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