by Smitty (via Volokh)
Is it a tax or not a tax. . . shows the need both to revisit first principles and to admit when they have reached their limit. The distinction between taxes as internal to the country, and regulation of commerce is external to the border, is a good one.
Note that the tax/regulation distinction can be stated simply.
Note the general confusion concerning the funding nature of ObamaCare. Is it commerce, is it a tax, is it regulation of inactivity? The smartest guys in the room cannot, while coloring within the lines, make a simple statement of what picture ObamaCare paints and how it squares with America as we know it.
Every GOP candidate should be running on sticking a fork in ObamaCare as a first-day task.
If history is any indicator, all the nominees will have the “overthrow Obamacare!” plank in their platform, but it won’t happen. And in 50 years, Erickson will start snarking something about “libertarians” who want to cut health entitlements not being worthy of the GOP moniker.
“Every GOP candidate should be running on sticking a fork in ObamaCare as a first-day task.”
Ted Cruz, republican candidate for US Senate for Texas, was asked his top priority last week and replied exactly that…in so many words.
“Every GOP candidate should be running on sticking a fork in ObamaCare as a first-day task.”
IF I were a Twitter user, I’d make sure that line got re-tweeted until it filled up all of twitter.