When is a tax increase not a tax increase? When President Obama says, “Shut up, that’s why!”
Flashback to 2009:
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/218369208868806656
Thanks to the SCOTUS ruling, it’s more abundantly clear than ever that Obamacare is really an #ObamaTax. So much for the president’s vow that families making under $250,000 would not see a tax increase.
We were told it was not a tax hike, but it is an unprecedented and enormous tax on the middle class http://t.co/0GjUXaq8
— Jim DeMint (@JimDeMint) June 28, 2012
So the President forced the law through Congress insisting it was not a tax, then sold the Supreme Court on the argument that it is a tax.
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) June 28, 2012
Don't be dense, it's not a tax. Wait. Don't be dense, it IS a tax. #Obamatax
— Sound the Dread Alarm (@_ThisJustin_) June 28, 2012
Well, abundantly clear if you aren’t a blind parrot of Democratic talking points.
https://twitter.com/97mjackson/status/218370997898838017
Wow. Fox News is REPEATEDLY saying "This is a Tax Increase." M'fuckas can you hear? A Penalty tax is not a Tax Increase. #WTF?!?!?
— Elon James White wears a Mask (@elonjames) June 28, 2012
Fox News now spinning healthcare law as a "tax increase"
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 28, 2012
Spinning? No spin necessary, doll.
Apparently they think they’re clever:
Dear GOP: Obamacare is a tax increase, then Mitt Romney increased taxes in Massachusetts (via @neeratanden)
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 28, 2012
Did Mitt Romney implement the largest federal tax increase in history during a woefully anemic economy? Try again, libs. Obamacare is now, without a doubt, an #ObamaTax and the president will have to own that.
Let it be known that #Obamacare died today and #Obamatax was born.
— Teri Peters (@hipEchik) June 28, 2012
BREAKING: DNC spiking football over biggest tax increase in history of world. #FulllRepeal
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) June 28, 2012
The word "tax" appears 413 times in SCOTUS opinion #fullrepeal
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 28, 2012
https://twitter.com/JodiStephens/status/218373155071344640
What @NancyPelosi MEANT was "We have to pass the bill so the Supreme Court can tell you on appeal it's a really a 'tax.' GOTCHA!" #ObamaTax
— robert (@ProgressiveAle) June 28, 2012
Obama said it was not a tax, but his legal team defended it as a tax. Court agreed with his legal team.
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) June 28, 2012
https://twitter.com/TabithaHale/status/218345747656089600
The president didn’t ‘fess up in his statement today.
Not ONE MENTION of Obamacare being a TAX. Don't worry, Obama. We won't let you forget it. #ObamaTAX
— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) June 28, 2012
If the lapdog media won’t press the issue, the conservative new media will. Game on.
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Update:
With Obamacare being upheld, even more of Barack Obama’s promises will be broken. Our buddy Ben Howe has put together a great video documenting those broken promises.
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