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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.”
And that power, they say, is even more sweeping than the federal power to regulate interstate commerce.
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. Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax
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I know we've had this civilizing progress and stuff, but weren't
we way better-off when, if someone tried to cheat at the poker
table. you just shot him? Damn straight we were.
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