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“HEALTH CARE REFORM COMES CLEAN ON TAXES” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5679 on July 19, 2010.
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HEALTH CARE REFORM COMES CLEAN ON TAXES
(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, there is an interesting new development on the ObamaCare front.
Remember the penalties on families that do not purchase health insurance, the ones that will top $2,000 for many families? Remember what President Obama said about this individual mandate penalty? He said it was ``absolutely not a tax increase.''
Well, I guess times have changed.
Now the Obama administration's Justice Department is defending this penalty in court as part of the government's ``power to lay and collect taxes.''
At least the truth about this $4 billion a year tax is now out. Too bad Washington Democrats didn't come clean until months after ObamaCare became law.
Madam Speaker, the American people deserve better.
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