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New Article on What “Taxes” Are (And Aren’t) Under the Constitution, and the Implications for Obamacare 0
- March 27, 2016
Was the Supreme Court right to call Obamacare’s insurance penalty a “tax?”
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The Meaning of the Commerce Power and Congress’s and the Courts’ Use (And Abuse) Of It 0
- December 14, 2013
Are you interested in the true meaning of, and limits on, the Constitution’s much-abused Commerce Power? In a speech at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2013, I outlined the intended scope of the power, how I reached my conclusions, and how the Supreme Court has stretched the Commerce Power
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Can the IRS Can Use Liens and Incarceration to Enforce ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate?0
- July 23, 2012
“But, money being fungible, the IRS may simply deem my first $1,000 of income-tax withholding to be payment of that penalty,” & use all its intimidation power to collect the $1000 or real tax owed. Continue reading →
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Supreme Court & health care: Speeding is legal – just pay fine through the IRS!0
- July 9, 2012
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading →
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Supreme Court & health care: Speeding is legal – just pay fine through the IRS!0
- July 9, 2012
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading →
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Rob Natelson on Supreme Court’s sophistry, why mandatory insurance is not a tax 0
- July 6, 2012
The rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading →
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