Obama Insists Mandate is Not a ‘Tax’ in Contentious Exchange with ABC’s Stephanopoulos
(Politico) - In the most contentious exchange of President Barack Obama’s marathon of five Sunday shows, he said it is “not true” that a requirement for individuals to get health insurance under a key reform plan now being debated amounts to a tax increase. But he could look it up — in the bill. Page 29, sentence one of the bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont) says: “The consequence for not maintaining insurance would be an excise tax.”
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From 'Townhall.com':
The Core Issues Between Right and Left
The bitter health care debate highlights the fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives, as identified by neo-conservative thinker Norman Podhoretz. He suggests that attitudes toward America itself characterize the big divide between left and right, with the left seeking to change a perceived heritage of injustice and oppression, and the right trying to protect and reinvigorate institutions and traditions that produced freedom and prosperity.
On health care, one of the common liberal arguments demands that the USA must learn from the enlightened examples of Canada, France and Cuba, while conservatives want to defend—and improve—the freedom of choice at the heart of a medical system that beats all competitors in technological breakthroughs and personal responsiveness. The center-right wants America to lead and change the world, but the left wants the rest of the world to influence and alter America.
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