Does Roberts calling the mandate a tax give the right a political weapon?
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Mike Papantonio, Attorney/Ring of Fire Radio joins Thom Hartmann. One consequence of today’s Supreme Court ruling is that the individual mandate – the linchpin of Obamacare – was redefined by Chief Justice John Roberts as a tax. As in – if someone doesn’t buy health insurance – Congress has the power to tax that person. So despite suffering a huge defeat – Conservatives have latched on to this definition of the individual mandate as a tax – in order to criticize President Obama. Speaker of the House John Boehner has scheduled another vote to repeal Obamacare. It’s a clown-vote, bro. So what are the political implications moving forward?














