Obama Surrogates Downplay The Individual Mandate Tax And Even Refuse To Call It A Tax.

Both as a candidate and as president,  Barack Obama has promised no new taxes or any tax increases on anyone making less than $250,000:



Yet, when Obama's Solicitor General went before the Supreme Court to argue the constitutionality of ObamaCare, he argued that the Individual Mandate and its associated penalty was a tax; and, that Congress had the constitutional authority to levy such a tax. If he had argued that the penalty was a penalty,  that would have squarely placed the Individual Mandate under the purview of the Commerce clause; making it easier to be found unconstitutional. Ultimately, the John Robert's Supreme Court agreed with Obama's "tax" argument.

But, now, in a "be careful what you wished for" sidestep of reality, the Obama Administration is doing everything it can to avoid calling the Individual Mandate Tax a "tax".  To do so, would reveal that Obama had gone back on his  pledge not to tax anyone making less than $250,000.  Just listen to Obama's Chief of Staff squirm over the tax issue:



Then, there are these nonsensical  remarks uttered by Nancy Pelosi:



But, more than that, the Obama surrogates are also trying to downplay that "tax" by trying to say it will "only" affects 1% of the population who irresponsibly don't buy health insurance.   However, that 1% of our population is over three million people. But, that, too, is a deception because the Congressional Budget Office expects that the "tax" will affect more than 4 million people.   I personality think that number could be upwards of 20 million people or even more.   That's because, under ObamaCare, no insurance company can deny you coverage for any preexisting condition.  So, why pay a minimum of $3000 a year for health insurance when you can simply pay the Individual Mandate Tax of $700 a year?  That's an annual savings of at least $2300 that can easily pay for a lot of  "ordinary" health care costs over a per of a year's time.  Then, when you really do get sick -- like being diagnosed with cancer -- you can simply sign up for insurance.  And, the insurance company can not deny you that coverage because you now have a disease.

It's this combination of a small Individual Mandate tax and the exclusion of any preexisting conditions that will ultimately play a part in destroying the private health insurance system in this country; forcing all Americans to become part of a government-run, single-payer health care system.  And, that's been the goal of the Democrats all along.

Lastly, no Republican should let Obama or any other Democrat snooker the American people by avoiding calling the Individual Mandate Tax a tax.  It was argued as such; and, it was found constitutional as such.