Government Essentially Concedes Commerce Clause Challenge to Obamacare, Calls Individual Mandate a Tax

By Ilya Shapiro

This Sunday’s New York Times had a fascinating story about how the defense of the individual mandate has shifted from the Commerce Clause — even though the law itself is replete with boilerplate about “economic activity” — to Congress’s taxing power.  Here’s the first paragraph (h/t Jonathan Adler):
When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance [...]

Americans Voting with their Feet

By Daniel J. Mitchell

The Financial Times reports that the number of Americans giving up their citizenship to protect their families from America’s onerous worldwide tax system has jumped rapidly. Even relatively high-tax nations such as the United Kingdom are attractive compared to the class-warfare system that President Obama is creating in the United States.
I run into people like this [...]