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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 ...