James Hughes holds a sign calling for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act during a rally for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Oct. 31 in Louisville, Ky. (Luke Sharrett, Getty Images)
Re: “Obamacare vs. Scaliacare,” Nov. 13 E.J. Dionne Jr. column.
I find it interesting that E.J. Dionne Jr. finds fault with the possibility of the subsidies portion of the Affordable Care Act being struck down by the Supreme Court. It was initially upheld under the tax powers of the federal government, even though President Obama, et al, profusely denied that it was a tax, until they got to the Supreme Court when they adamantly stated it was indeed a tax. Now we find out, through John Gruber (one of the architects of the ACA), that it was a disguised tax all along, with other interesting disclosures.
Dionne states what a shame it would be if the single achievment of the most progressive president in history went down to defeat because of a conservative Supreme Court. Had the president been as truthful with the U.S. public as Gruber mistakenly was, there would be no ACA.
I believe the vernacular is, “Turn about is fair play.”
Charles Eddings, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 14 edition.
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