Mr. President, the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, the authoritative source of legislative interpretation for all things tax related coming out of the Congress says in unambiguous terms that the individual health-insurance mandate in the Finance Committee bill will become part of the Internal Revenue Code. Further, the JCT chief of staff confirms that refusal to pay the associated excise tax ($1,900 per family) if one declines to purchase health insurance could lead to jail time and a $25,000 fine for tax evasion.

You say the individual health-insurance levy such as that contained in the Senate Finance Committee bill cannot be construed as a “tax.” The Finance Committee Chairman, however, calls it a tax, and the Joint Committee on Taxation says it will be part of the tax code and refusal to pay it will be prosecuted as tax evasion.

I’m not calling you a liar. I just don’t think you know what you are talking about. So why don’t you just shut up and stop confusing the American people who know a tax when they see one?

Mr. President – you’ve been served. And lets not forget that most important rule of all: reading is fundamental. So how about practicing some of those fundamental skills, or are you too busy basking in the glory of children singing love songs to you?

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