No, it's a penalty insists the White House!

First it was a penalty. Then it was a tax. Now it's a penalty again. Huh?

The war of words over what to call the fine attached to the federal health care overhaul's most controversial provision continued Friday, as the White House took issue with the Supreme Court's argument -- even though that argument alone spared President Obama's law.

The five-justice majority argued that, while the fine imposed by the law for not buying health insurance would otherwise be unconstitutional, the fine is actually legal under Congress' authority to tax.

Ergo, the fine is officially a "tax" in the eyes of the court. The law stands.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/29/white-house-claims-obamacare-fine-penalty-despite-court-calling-it-tax/#ixzz1zDmc0up9

My take: The difference between the two forms of revenue income ( commerce mandate and a tax) are terms that even the most junior statesman is well aware of.

The fact that the Democratic Party and the President spent so much time assuring a Nation that is was the former and not the latter is very telling as to the core integrity of those who would deceive a Country.