On the recordJuly 19, 2010
Madam Speaker, 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. ____________________
