Pres. Obama swore up and down that the insurance mandate was not a tax. He had to swear as much, having campaigned on a promise of no new taxes for the middle class. “But in court, the Obama administration and its allies now defend the requirement as an exercise of the government’s 'power to lay and collect taxes,'” reports the New York Times, meaning that Obama has pulled yet another Joe Wilson. “Administration officials say the tax argument is a linchpin of their legal case in defense of the health care overhaul and its individual mandate, now being challenged in court by more than 20 states and several private organizations.” In case you've forgotten exactly what the fibber-in-chief said when he was peddling the mandate, here's an exact quote: “For us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/health/policy/18health.html http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/09/obama-mandate-is-not-a-tax.html added by: 2hellnwait
