On the recordJuly 19, 2010
There is an interesting new development on the ObamaCare front. Remember the penalties on families that do not purchase health insurance, the ones that will top $2,000 for many families? Remember what President Obama said about this individual mandate penalty? He said it was ``absolutely not a tax increase.'' Well, I guess times have changed. Now the Obama administration's Justice Department is defending this penalty in court as part of the government's ``power to lay and collect taxes.'' At least the truth about this $4 billion a year tax is now out. Too bad Washington Democrats didn't come clean until months after ObamaCare became law. Madam Speaker, the American people deserve better.
