2016 Postmortem

pinto

(106,886 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2012, 05:53 PM Jun 2012

Marc Rubio parrots the RNC sound bite - "It's a middle class tax increase." Why? "SCOTUS said so."

The Supreme Court said no such thing. And you know that. They said the mandate was constitutional under the purview of Congress. That's their role in all of this. No more nor less.

Sorry to see you join in on the RNC's misdirection. At one point I thought you were a fairly level-headed, pragmatic voice in your increasingly extremist party. What's next? Going to parrot FAIR's racist sound bite points on immigration policy?

It's your call. Or not.

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Marc Rubio parrots the RNC sound bite - "It's a middle class tax increase." Why? "SCOTUS said so." (Original Post) pinto Jun 2012 OP

Waitaminnit! flakey_foont Jun 2012 #1

I think the whole RW is confused on which spin to spout. pinto Jun 2012 #3

Does SCOTUS have an opinion? Sure. Igel Jun 2012 #4

The ruling stated that the mandate was constitutional as a tax. The ruling specifically kelly1mm Jun 2012 #2

flakey_foont

(3,343 posts)

1. Waitaminnit!

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:07 PM

Jun 2012

Rand Paul says that just because SCOTUS says it, doesn't make it so!

Which is it? Now I am utterly confused.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

3. I think the whole RW is confused on which spin to spout.

Reply to flakey_foont (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:14 PM

Jun 2012

Kind of funny, in a way.

Igel

(35,393 posts)

4. Does SCOTUS have an opinion? Sure.

Reply to flakey_foont (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 08:16 PM

Jun 2012

Does Rand Paul have an opinion.

Uh ... yes?

And even worse, they aren't the same opinion.

Oh, no. Two different things to keep straight. No wonder you're utterly confused.

(You should be. My subject line is false. SCOTUS has a majority opinion, which is composed of at least two separate opinions but which agree on the main point. There's a minority opinion, which agrees with much of the majority opinion on a minor point, but disagrees on the main point. And, of course, there have been topics on which SCOTUS, over the course of a number of years, gives to divergent opinions as the majority opinion shifts.)

kelly1mm

(4,748 posts)

2. The ruling stated that the mandate was constitutional as a tax. The ruling specifically

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:13 PM

Jun 2012

stated that is was not constitutional under the commerce clause or the necessary and proper clause. It is constitutional by way of the congress authority to levy taxes. Thus, the mandate is a tax. What is so controversial in that?

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