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But the ACA mandate was supposed to be a mandate or a penalty, not a tax. The Supreme Court ruled that it looked like a tax and quacked like a tax, so it's lega
by humanrebar 10y ago
But the ACA mandate was supposed to be a mandate or a penalty, not a tax. The Supreme Court ruled that it looked like a tax and quacked like a tax, so it's legal as a tax.
Why can't the same principals be applied here? That the pitch and language of a rule aren't important, just the implementation.
- paulddraper 10y ago100% agree. It doesn't matter whether Obama intended it to be a tax, or a mandate, or a duck. It was a tax because it was. It doesn't matter what Trump thinks about the order. It's legality is the same no matter who signed it.