Obama Does Not Say 'Tax' Once in Response to SCOTUS Ruling

Obama Does Not Say 'Tax' Once in Response to SCOTUS Ruling: When he signed Obamacare into law in the East Room of the White House, President Barack Obama did not say a word how the law would impose a tax penalty on individuals who did not purchase private health insurance.

After the Supreme Court upheld the law’s constitutionality by upholding the individual mandate as a tax in what may be the worst Supreme Court decision since the Kelo decision in which the Court all but trampled on private property rights, Obama again made comments in the East Room and again did not say “tax” or mention the fines those who do not buy insurance will pay, which Chief Justice John Roberts, in joining the majority in the Obamacare ruling, labeled as a tax.

Obama promised in 2008 that he would not raise taxes on the middle class. And the “tax” is the least popular provision of the law, especially among independent voters.

"I didn't do this because it was good politics," Obama said.

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