rberq wrote:lsayre wrote:If Obamacare is a tax, is it a direct or an indirect tax? If it is direct, per the Constitution it must be properly apportioned between the States, and if it is indirect, it must be 100% uniform (also per the Constitution). If it is neither direct nor indirect, then it is a tax that is not even defined and delineated as a tax by the Constitution. And if undefined, how (and on what legal grounds) can the Supreme Court approve it as a tax?
Lots of questions, but really you are just engaging in a form of denial. If you have not read all the concurring and dissenting opinions, perhaps you should. Generally the justices go to great lengths to explain their reasoning.
Should we place our full trust in the written opinions of the current Supreme Court, or in the Constitution as written (or is it seriously time to consider something else, such as anarcho-capitalism)?