Obama Flip-Flops on Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Claiming it’s a Tax as Lawsuits Reveal its Unconstitutionality By: Curtis Ophoven 7/20/2010 - 8 Comments Throughout his presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama promised the American people: “If you’re a family that’s making $250,000 a year or less, you will see no increase in your taxes. Your Ad Here Yet sixteen days into his Presidency he signed a cigarette tax increase, which targeted families making under $250,000 a year. During the presidential debates and the passage of the Health Care Reform Bill, Obama continued to claim that he was not going to tax ‘the little guy’. Here is a video of Obama deigning that the health care mandate is a tax increase. But now that Obamacare is facing major legal battles and is clearly unconstitutional, the White House is called the health care mandate a TAX.  Not only is this a clear flip-flop by the President but it is a direct contradiction to his campaign promise to not raise taxes on ‘the little guy’. Clearly Obama does not have 'the little guy’ is mind with his job destroying agenda and as he continues to drive the economy into a deepening recession. President Obama's disapproval rating is at 56%.  According to the rating experts, once a Presidents disapproval rating hits 60% they can no longer effectively govern.  Related Articles Obama’s Student Loan Reform is a Marxist Idea that Will Push the Economy Further into the Abyss Government Expansion Will Only Increase Poverty 10 Reasons Why the Economic Stimulus Package was a Complete Failure It Turns Out that Obamacare is Illegal and In Direct Violation of the Constitution, as the Lawsuits Stack Up Against It Obamacare Hindsight, a Closer Look at What We Are Getting   Subscribe via RSS Copyright © 2010 PennyJobs.com. All rights reserved. << FREE >> Weekly Newsletter... Signup today and start receiving our free weekly newsletter! Reader Comments Comment 1 Jen Says: on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:40:07 AM GOP Should Oppose Obama Without Compromise http://www.newsmax.com/Limbaugh/GOP--Obama--compromise--Obamacare--financial--overhaul--Ronald--Reagan--Kagan--Bush/2010/07/19/id/365079 Comment 2 David Says: on Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:00:17 AM well, that's what most American deserve since they voted him in. Some of us already prepared a sentence that can be used over and over during the four years: I've told you so. Comment 3 Unique Solutions Says: on Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:38:18 AM A City w/ population of 50,000. Outsources Everything. Sky Doesn’t Fall. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/business/20maywood.html?_r=3 Chalk up another Maywood resident who approves of this city’s unusual experience in municipal governing. City officials last month fired all of Maywood’s employees and outsourced their jobs. While many communities are fearfully contemplating extensive cuts, Maywood says it is the first city in the nation in the current downturn to take an ax to everyone. The school crossing guards were let go. Parking enforcement was contracted out, City Hall workers dismissed, street maintenance workers made redundant. The public safety duties of the Police Department were handed over to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Comment 4 Mo Says: on Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:53:13 AM http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/world-happiest-countries-lifestyle-realestate-gallup-table.html Does Money buy happiness? This Forbes list of the 155 top happiesty countries says so. Europe rules! Comment 5 Fuggly Says: on Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:16:45 AM Obama's approval rating is still higher than Bush's was. Keep the Change man. http://www.gallup.com/poll/141512/Congress-Ranks-Last-Confidence-Institutions.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=Business%20-%20Congress%20-%20Education%20-%20Government%20-%20Healthcare%20-%20Media%20-%20Military%20-%20Politics%20-%20Religion%20-%20Supreme%20Court%20-%20The%20Presidency%20-%20USA The Gallup poll was conducted July 8-11, shortly before Congress passed a major financial regulatory reform bill, which President Obama signed into law this week. Underscoring Congress' image problem, half of Americans now say they have "very little" or "no" confidence in Congress, up from 38% in 2009 -- and the highest for any institution since Gallup first asked this question in 1973. Previous near-50% readings include 48% found for the presidency in 2008, and 49% for the criminal justice system in 1994. This year's poll also finds a 15-point drop in high confidence in the presidency, to 36% from 51% in June 2009. Over the same period, President Barack Obama's approval rating fell by 11 points, from 58% to 47%. However, confidence in the presidency remains higher than in 2008 -- the last year of George W. Bush's term -- when the figure was 26%. Comment 6 Steve Says: on Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:24:34 PM Liberty Wins First Skirmish in the Obamacare Legal Battle!!! http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/08/03/liberty-wins-first-skirmish-in-the-obamacare-legal-battle/ Posted by Ilya Shapiro "As Michael already noted, Judge Henry Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia denied the government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s legal challenge to Obamacare. Notably, Judge Hudson agreed with Cato senior fellow Randy Barnett (see here, here, and here) that the government’s assertion of Commerce Clause authority for the individual mandate is unprecedented: The guiding precedent is informative, but inconclusive. Never before has the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause been extended this far. At this juncture, the court is not persuaded that the Secretary has demonstrated a failure to state a cause of action with respect to the Commerce Clause element. And that goes for the government’s arguments generally: While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate–and tax–a citizen’s decision not to participate in interstate commerce. Neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor any circuit court of appeals has squarely addressed this issue. No reported case from any federal appellate court has extended the Commerce Clause or Tax Clause to include the regulation of a person’s decision not to purchase a product, notwithstanding its effect on interstate commerce. Give the presence of some authority arguably supporting the theory underlying each side’s position, this Court cannot conclude at this time stage that the Complaint fails to state a cause of action." In other words, at this first, early stage of litigation, Virginia’s lawsuit survives and the government has a real fight on its hands Comment 8 Government controls birth to death Says: on Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:09:05 PM http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/uninsured-slow-to-sign-up-for-coverage-20100823-apx Only two people signed up for FREE Obamacare in New Jersey! Write a Comment Please keep comments civil and on-topic. 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