Propaganda: Obamacare is NOT a tax! And it’s constitutional!

FACTS:

• At the Supreme Court, the Obama Administration’s principal argument was: The authority to impose an Individual Mandate penalty rested within the Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clauses of the Constitution.
• The Supreme Court rejected this argument as unconstitutional, declaring it a significant overreach of Federal authority.
• However, the Supreme Court held that Obamacare could be construed as a tax and, as a tax, it would not be held unconstitutional. But only as a tax.
• Obamacare is a tax if it’s constitutional, and it’s unconstitutional if not a tax. Period.

You can read the actual Supreme Court Decision here. Be sure to read the dissenting opinions as well. There’s a tremendous defense of the Constitution and Freedom in Scalia’s dissent.

The White House is spinning to insist on its original argument despite the fact that argument was clearly declared unconstitutional.