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President Obama, while he was trying to get (Obamacare) enacted, insisted that its penalties for people who did not buy insurance did not amount to a tax. After it was enacted, his administration insisted in court that the penalties were taxes for one legal purpose and were not taxes for another - in the same case. The Supreme Court worsened the muddle when it considered the law, effectively rewriting the relevant provisions.

-Ramesh Ponnuru