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The ObamaCare ruling: Is Mitt Romney caught in a tax trap?

Mitt Romney is under fire from the left and the right for his campaign's reaction to the Supreme Court decision upholding ObamaCare based on Congress' power to tax. Conservative critics went ballistic after Romney strategist Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC on Monday that the Republican presidential candidate agrees with President Obama, who says the fine for people who defy the individual mandate to buy health insurance is a penalty, not a tax.
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The GOP's Weirdly Misguided Obamacare Tax Frenzy

Politics / US Politics : Kevin Drum (11 months ago)

After the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate was constitutional because it was a tax, conservatives went ballistic. President Obama raised taxes! But the GOP's presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, disagreed: That messag... Read Post

WATCH: Mitt Romney's Top Advisor Goes Wildly Off-Message Over Obama's Healthcare 'Tax'

Politics : Business Insider: Politix (11 months ago)

Faced with the Supreme Court's surprising decision to uphold President Barack Obama's signature healthcare legislation, the Republican Party spin machine has gone into overdrive, with GOP leaders and strategists But the party's pres... Read Post

The Obamacare Ruling Doesn't Mean Justice Roberts Is About To Get More Moderate

Politics : Business Insider: Politix (7 months ago)

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts voted to uphold “Obamacare” not only because he believed the law’s individual mandate is constitutional under Congress’ taxing powers, but because, as the head of the court, he understood the... Read Post


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