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New article dismantles government's Obamacare taxing power argument

November 17, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Daniel Himebaugh In 2009, before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (colloquially, "Obamacare") became law, President Obama was asked whether a monetary penalty assessed against people who do not buy government-approved health insurance is a "tax."  The president, perhaps recalling his campaign pl ...

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Does the new health insurance law have a tax problem?

April 07, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Daniel Himebaugh No one likes to talk about taxes or Congress.  Test me on this.  The next time you're fumbling for a conversation starter, try opening with, "So how about Congress's power to tax and spend?"  And enjoy the silence. Maybe Congress's taxing power isn't the best topic for small talk, ...

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Challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

March 24, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff This week, the attorneys general of fourteen states filed two lawsuits in federal district courts in Florida and Virginia, challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Florida suit, brought by 13 attorneys general, raises a number of constitutional claims agai ...