Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax

Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax

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Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax
WASHINGTON — When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, Democrats denied that they were creating a new tax. 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.”

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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.

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Government control must stop!!!!!!

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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.

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Government control must stop!!!!!!

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Well D'UH!!!!
typical for lawyers and liars, Change the meaning and definition of words to mean whatever they want. Words and definitions were intended to limit the discussion to reality, ignore that then there is no reality other than blatant manipulation

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