It’s certainly going to feel like a tax, Save Jerseyans, even if Chief Justice John Roberts needed to rewrite Obamacare that way in order to save it.
That’s a constitutional discussion (which we’ve continued to have here at Save Jersey). For now, House Republicans are focusing on the practical implications.
U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R, NJ-02) will see his constituents pay, on average, an extra $3,056 per tax return beginning on January 1, 2013. That’s $1,100,160,490 more dollars from his already financially-depressed congressional district. Hence, the reason why Rep. LoBiondo has been consistently blasting this bill since its inception.
He continued to air his displeasure yesterday from the House Floor while simultaneously calling for a full repeal; House Republicans were debating a new repeal measure that, unfortunately, will never see the light of day so long as President Obama and Majority Leader Reid hold on to their present titles:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6_QZV0IeM
