Obama Admin. Argues in Court That Individual Mandate Is a Tax

By Philip Klein,American Spectator

In order to protect the new national health care law from legal challenges,the Obama administration has been forced to argue that the individual mandate represents a tax —even though Obama himself argued the exact opposite while campaigning to pass the legislation.

Late last night,the Obama Department [...]

President Obama says ‘sin tax’on sodas is food for thought

BY DAVID SALTONSTALL,NY Daily News

Obama loved soda then,now says its bad news

Gov. Paterson’s proposal to tax soda in New York fizzled,but President Obama believes it may be time to pop a similar sin tax on the nation.

The President,in an interview with Men’s [...]