People are saying that Chief Justice
Roberts is a traitor to the conservative ideals for upholding Obamacare.
However, in the long term I think he will be hailed as a hero of the
conservative movement and the Republican Party.
By upholding Obamacare and forcing
it to be called a tax, Roberts has given the RNC an incredible gift.
I am talking full Fox News
sainthood, Gretchen Carlson will wear a WWRD bracelet, Sarah Palin will have a
sparkly Roberts pin, and all Fox New staff will have to genuflect when Roberts’
name is mentioned.
If parts had been struck down
planning could have been held off well into 2013. But instead the victory was decisive,
now the Democrats actually have to start planning for implementation before Nov
6 and they don’t want that. Also they have to talk about their victory as
creating a health care tax. On the other side of the aisle the Republicans will
unify and with a single voice pin what will likely be the biggest tax increase
in history solidly on Obama and the Democrats. The debate will shift from
Obamacare being about health care to being about paying for it and the massive
complexity of running a program that pays or penalizes in advance, then once
the year ends requires people to go back and justify the amount they received.
It puts a massive paperwork burden on the people who generally have the least
interaction with the tax code, and can least afford to repay any overpayments.
In my mind Roberts used the liberal judges, and has to set
the stage for a full legislative repeal of Obamacare, instead of the long slog
the Republicans would have had to endure to dismantle it piece by piece. I am
sure where ever Niccolò
Machiavelli is, he is smiling.
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