Déjà poo all over again

2012 Romney's Tax Confusion The candidate's response on the Obama Care mandate reveals larger campaign problems   “ Eric Fehrnstrom, a top Romney adviser, said in a television appearance that a financial fee at the heart of Mr Obama's healthcare legislation was a "penalty", not a "tax". The distinction has implications for Republicans trying to hammer the White House for imposing a tax on the middle class. This line of attack arose from Chief Justice John Roberts' tiebreaking decision last week that found the law to be constitutional because the fee was a tax, not a penalty. [Romney under fire from conservatives] In a stroke, the Romney campaign contradicted Republicans throughout the country who had used the Chief Justice's opinion to declare accurately that Mr. Obama had raised taxes on the middle class. Three-quarters of those who will pay the mandate tax will make less than $120,000 a year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Romney high command has muddied the tax issue in a way that will help Mr. Obama's claims that he is merely taxing rich folks like Mr. Romney. And it has made it that much harder for Republicans to again turn ObamaCare into the winning issue it was in 2010. [Romney's Tax Confusion] It's Déjà poo all over again. ”