republicans blasting the president s health care law as a new tax. it s a penalty. it s a penalty that comes under the tax code for the 1% perhaps of the population who may decide they are going to be free riders, but most people not affected. a new tax on the american people? no, not a tax on the american people. a penalty for free riders. also new today, house speaker john boehner saying hey, not so fast. even though the president tried to admit for over a year that it wasn t a tax, nobody believed it, and now we know it. but it s getting in the way of employers hiring new workers. because of these increased costs of government-run healthxd insurance and the fact that if they don t, they have to provide a tax. president obama, asking supporters to shell out more cash. a new daily beast reportñr that describes a late-night conference call from air force one asking donors to send more money and send it now. and governor scott said it won t expand the medicaid