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I would say even more two, sean. but first is, you are right. bill on the house floor and then some, representations were made to say, no, this is not a tax. this is not a tax. we insisted this is a tax on the american people if you do not comply with the mandate of what washington says healthcare coverage ought to be. and, of course, the court hung its been on the issue of that. in fact, the administration s lawyers even asserted that as their theory for upholding the law. so the american people were told one thing and now realize the other. sean, the other issue that is of such import is most people who have their insurance today, they actually like their healthcare. they don t approve of the status quo because they think it s too expensive, but the president, when we started this discussion, insisted that those who have their healthcare and like it, can keep it. well, as we know now, obamacare is going to produce a situation ....
Spend approximately $3,000, $2,000 or $3,000 a year for a health insurance policy they don t need or want or pay a two or $3,000.00 fine. he calls it a fine or assessment, but it s clearly a tax. this revolutionizes the campaign. i heard your panel before and one said are you really saying this is more important than the economy? yes, i am. the economy exists in the background. it s a concern. it s driven the voters away from obama and made his presidency into a failure. but this is an issue. you are either going to vote yes or no. since this law was seriously considered, 55% of the americans in every single poll have said they owe pose it. that s the vote share romney is going to get because of this law. that s an interesting interpretation. there was a lot of gloating as soon as the decision came out today, there was a tweet by the dnc it s constitutional d word, another one take that mother and ....
Tax. we were told repeatedly, we were told two things, one, it is not a tax, and the other thing the president gave a specific number, $900 billion. it was under a trillion. the estimates show it is now going to be double that and they haven t implemented the bill. i will ask you, good the president lie to the american people purposely, knowing that this was a tax? i m just struck by jay, kimberly and you licking your lips because you say this is great. you guys are upset, you feel like you got blown out of the water. answer question. i don t want to answer the question. the president gave a political answer because he didn t want to call it a tax. and chief justice roberts, that s the only way it s ruled to be constitutional. but you said this is the biggest tax increase on the middle class. ridiculous u don t have to pay, you have health insurance and i do so we don t pay. let me say this, the president also promised, i will throw it to jay, he will never ....
Did you find that odd when he sort of decided to rewrite the law for congress? well, and it s really clear in scalia and the other justices dissent, they are saying clearly this says it is a penalty, yet justice roberts chose to determine for the american people that in his opinion it was a tax, and yet he talks i mean, this really this been has been police sized. he talks about this is a quote from the opinion, state officials who will bear the brunt of public disapproval while the federal officials who devise the regulatory program may remain insulated from the elect torial implications of this. what does it mean? seven members of the court think the medicaid expansion is unconstitutional, and the court saved it anyway and left the states with an awful choice is what the dissent said. right. in all practicality, what ....
Different. i would say even more two, sean. but first is, you are right. bill on the house floor and then some, representations were made to say, no, this is not a tax. this is not a tax. we insisted this is a tax on the american people if you do not comply with the mandate of what washington says healthcare coverage ought to be. and, of course, the court hung its been on the issue of that. in fact, the administration s lawyers even asserted that as their theory for upholding the law. so the american people were told one thing and now realize the other. sean, the other issue that is of such import is most people who have their insurance today, they actually like their healthcare. they don t approve of the status quo because they think it s too expensive, but the president, when we started this discussion, insisted that those who have their healthcare and like it, can keep it. well, as we know now, obamacare is going to produce a situation ....