Because ObamaCare is now The Obama Care Tax Act, it can be repealed by a simple majority rather than the 60 vote barrier previously thought to be the case. Thanks Justice Roberts.

<<< Did you know that only 51 votes are required to amend a tax?  Wouldn't that be a hoot !!?

While Obama tells us, “It is not a tax,”  the Supreme Court judged otherwise   Chief Justice John Roberts and the liberal bloc of the Supreme Court cited the Constitution, as well as the law’s empowerment of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to conclude that Obama had passed one of the largest tax increases in history.

“The exaction the Affordable Care Act imposes on those without health insurance looks like a tax in many respects,” Roberts wrote. “[The tax] conclusion should not change simply because Congress used the word ‘penalty’ to describe the payment.” . . . .

And with the Supreme Court’s decision,  we – the patriot nation – just might have a way out of this mess.  Before the decision,  most of us understand that had Romney won the election,   ObamaCare would have taken years and years to repeal,  if, in fact, such would have even been possible. 

Now,  after the 5 – 4 decision approving ObamaCare solely on the grounds that it is a tax,  the case for repeal may have been made much,  much easier. If a tax,  and who can reasonably argue otherwise  (but they will),  rather than going through a floor debate in the Senate requiring 60 votes to end discussion,  there is the possibility of dealing with the law in “reconciliation,”  which requires just 51 votes for approval. 

Understand that, in the Senate,  all financial matters go through “reconciliation.”  After the coming election,  it is entirely possible that the Senate moves into the hands of the Republicans giving the GOP a 51 vote majority  --  all that is needed to impose “reconciliation,” by the way.    With this,  if Romney is elected into office,  the Obama Care Tax Act will be dead. 

Count on hearing this recourse discussed over the coming weeks.  

I hasten to add, that repealing the Tax Act cannot be the end of the matter.  The issue of health care's rising expenses,  not addressed in the ObamaCare Tax Act,  remains a critical question that has to be dealt with  -  but raping Medicare as Obama did,  and ignoring the role inflation plays in all this,  is certainly not the answer.