Oldtimer said:
Whitewing said:
Hey OT, if those same states required every citizen over the age of 18 to buy vehicle liability insurance, ya think it'd be ruled unconstitutional?
No because its considered a tax- and thats how they get around it...Just like every cattle owner has to pay a "checkoff" tax when he sells cattle...As a fee it was going to be ruled unconstitutional- but as soon as USDA and NCBA changed their court argument to it being a "tax"- it passed SCOTUS with flying colors....
Let's go back to last September, shall we? In an ABC News interview, George Stephanopoulos very pointedly asked the president how forcing Americans to purchase a particular service and imposing penalties if they don't is not a tax. To Obama's credit, he did a bang up job trying to get around the question, even going as far as accusing Stephanopoulos of "making up" language that brands the health care mandate as a tax, even after the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of "tax" was provided to him. The president fired back by stating,
"My critics say everything is a tax increase," and when once again asked if he rejected the notion that the mandate was a tax increase, he said,
"I absolutely reject that notion."
Who is lying? OT or Buckwheat? Or both. :roll:
Buckwheat has a tangled web of lies that rival OT's................. :lol: :lol:
Like two peas in a pod....................