Obama Administration Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax Current Status: Blessed (1) Change Status: BlessedPublishedUnpublishedRestoredQuarantinedDuplicatedCensored Seeded by blinkin View Original Article: The New York Times Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:52 PM politicsobamainsurancemandateobamacare-health Tweet Discuss: ! Last year, I wrote an article called "There will be a public option because its really a tax". http://jg2090.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/05/3229210-there-will-be-a-public-option-because-its-really-a-tax Today comes the confirmation I have waited for for a year. This Insurance mandate is really a huge new tax on the American taxpayer. Wake up sheeple!!! keyboard shortcuts: V vote up article J next comment K previous comment