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Originally Posted by CTSurfrat

So now the government can tax you for doing nothing. If I don't buy health insurance, I have to pay a tax! CNS new has a great analysis of Robert's ruling. At one point he says it is not a tax, and the later in his ruling he says it is....you can't make it up.

Chief Justice Roberts: It's Not A Tax, It Is A Tax; It's Law, But It's Not 'Unlawful' to Break It | CNSNews.com

Not only does he contradict himself, but his general observation that the Congress has the power to tax does not point to its specifec constitutional powers of taxation: the income tax, excise tax, or capitation. His phantom power to tax inactivity doesn't fall under any of the three categories. It sets a precedent and opens the door for the Federal Government to have unlimited powers of taxation. Which basically gives it back the unlimited power that was taken away by denying the government its commerce clause power to regulate inactivity. Very strange ruling indeed. But this has been the pattern by which the Federal Government has grown beyond the limits imposed by the Consitution and is becoming the very leviathan the Founders and their Constitution wished to prevent.