Flashback to 2009: Obama said health act ‘absolutely not a tax increase’

http://twitter.com/#!/AliNBCNews/status/218356780424630273

When is a tax increase not a tax increase? When President Obama says, “Shut up, that’s why!”

Flashback to 2009:

https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/218369208868806656

Thanks to the SCOTUS ruling, it’s more abundantly clear than ever that Obamacare is really an #ObamaTax. So much for the president’s vow that families making under $250,000 would not see a tax increase.

We were told it was not a tax hike, but it is an unprecedented and enormous tax on the middle class http://t.co/0GjUXaq8

— Jim DeMint (@JimDeMint) June 28, 2012

So the President forced the law through Congress insisting it was not a tax, then sold the Supreme Court on the argument that it is a tax.

— albertmohler (@albertmohler) June 28, 2012

Don't be dense, it's not a tax. Wait. Don't be dense, it IS a tax. #Obamatax

— Justin (@theGrudgeRetort) June 28, 2012

Well, abundantly clear if you aren’t a blind parrot of Democratic talking points.

Dems need to come out swinging against GOP's new (and massively dishonest) "This just proves that the ACA is a massive tax increase" line.

— Mickey Jackson (@97mjackson) June 28, 2012

Wow. Fox News is REPEATEDLY saying "This is a Tax Increase." M'fuckas can you hear? A Penalty tax is not a Tax Increase. #WTF?!?!?

— Elon James White (@elonjames) June 28, 2012

Fox News now spinning healthcare law as a "tax increase"

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 28, 2012

Spinning? No spin necessary, doll.

Apparently they think they’re clever:

Dear GOP: Obamacare is a tax increase, then Mitt Romney increased taxes in Massachusetts (via @neeratanden)

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 28, 2012

Did Mitt Romney implement the largest federal tax increase in history during a woefully anemic economy? Try again, libs. Obamacare is now, without a doubt, an #ObamaTax and the president will have to own that.

Let it be known that #Obamacare died today and #Obamatax was born.

— Teri Peters (@hipEchik) June 28, 2012

BREAKING: DNC spiking football over biggest tax increase in history of world. #FulllRepeal

— Hair (@SHannitysHair) June 28, 2012

The word "tax" appears 413 times in SCOTUS opinion #fullrepeal

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 28, 2012

https://twitter.com/JodiStephens/status/218373155071344640

What @NancyPelosi MEANT was "We have to pass the bill so the Supreme Court can tell you on appeal it's a really a 'tax.' GOTCHA!" #ObamaTax

— robert (@ProgressiveAle) June 28, 2012

Obama said it was not a tax, but his legal team defended it as a tax. Court agreed with his legal team.

— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) June 28, 2012

The president lied when he said this was not a tax. SCOTUS says it is.

— Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) June 28, 2012

The president didn’t ‘fess up in his statement today.

Not ONE MENTION of Obamacare being a TAX. Don't worry, Obama. We won't let you forget it. #ObamaTAX

— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) June 28, 2012

If the lapdog media won’t press the issue, the conservative new media will. Game on.

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Update:

With Obamacare being upheld, even more of Barack Obama’s promises will be broken. Our buddy Ben Howe has put together a great video documenting those broken promises.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/06/28/obamatax-flashback-in-2009-obama-insisted-obamacare-absolutely-not-a-tax-increase/

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