Did SCOTUS Just Authorize the World’s First Non-Sales Tax?


Let me get this straight: The Commerce Clause does not give the Government power to mandate that you purchase insurance, but the Taxing Clause gives it the power to “lay and collect taxes” on you if you don’t. I’ve heard of sales taxes. This may very well be the world’s first non-sales tax.

Here’s the text of the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare.

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