Friday, June 29, 2012

Obama campaign: It's a penalty, not a tax

Politico reports:
A top surrogate for President Obama insisted Friday that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act was not a tax — despite the fact that the Supreme Court narrowly preserved the law on those grounds.

"Don't believe the hype that the other side is selling," Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick told reporters on a conference call.

"This is a penalty," Patrick said. "It's about dealing with the freeloaders."
Just a reminder from Deval "Affirmative Action" Patrick on freeloading.