When is a tax not a tax?

By adamg - 11/3/05 - 12:40 pm

David argues it's when you're Mitt Romney and you say it's OK for the state for force individuals to buy health insurance but not OK to also make employers somehow provide coverage for their employees:

... This notion that it's OK to tax individuals - and yes, Mr. "no new taxes" Governor, it's a tax - within an inch of their lives to force them to carry health insurance, but it's too hard on business to give employers a choice of paying a tax or covering their employees, is bullshit. If that kind of plan passes, I will be the first one signing the referendum petitions to repeal it. ...