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Originally Posted by TFatseas
The Government argues to the Court that it is not a tax and SCOTUS upholds it because it IS a tax?

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The Solicitor General did advance the tax argument. Admittedly it was not the administrations main argument.
AVG- I don't think anyone was hoodwinked in this.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions...11-393c3a2.pdf
Opinion is linked above. The taxing element is around page 32 onwards