The new "frame" --- The Obama Tax

[Tennessee Gal]

That is how the right will campaign on Obamacare.

And what should Obama do? Turn it into the Massachusetts Romneycare Tax. Romney was a proponent then.

[WinkyDink]

1. I think Obama should avoid the word "tax" at all costs.

[Skidmore]

2. Of course, that was the logical next salvo but we can counter

and must. Roberts handed some ammo to the Rs.

I would prefer to point out to people that they can sit and whine about people using the emergency rooms and causing health care costs to spiral upward steeply, or as a nation, we can help people be healthier and less vulnerable as a cost savings overall.

[morningfog]

3. It is only a tax if you choose to stay uninsured. It is an anti-freeloader tax.

[SoCalDem]

4. BINGO.. It's the Freeloader Tax

People who take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY pay for insurance, and the others pay a TAX..

We all pay taxes.. It's how we GET STUFF..

stuff like roads, schools, SPORTS STADIUMS (built FOR zillionaires), briodges, etc.

When we work, we expect to get paid for it.

Government gets "paid" through taxes.

Civilized societies support government through taxation, and in turn government supports citizens through services they cannot render for themselves.

[annabanana]

5. They are desperate. . . . n/t