Architect of Obamacare said that:
"the bill was written in a way that was tortured in order to make sure the CBO does not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scores the mandate as taxes the bill dies."
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage, call it the stupidity of the American people or whatever, but basically that is what it took to get the thing passed."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHihDa_VPWw#t=1216
"the bill was written in a way that was tortured in order to make sure the CBO does not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scores the mandate as taxes the bill dies."
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage, call it the stupidity of the American people or whatever, but basically that is what it took to get the thing passed."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHihDa_VPWw#t=1216