So now the federal government can force us to buy anything at all, and call it a tax?

Indeed, the individual freedoms we were raised to expect as Americans are being dismantled. The individual mandate is the next step toward the fall of the US, dictatorial powers are now granted to the congress, and citizens are required by law to knuckle under. Just wait, this is only the first of many

No. The Court concluded that the shared responsibility payment has many characteristics of a tax, and therefore should be treated as such. Specifically:

o The payment is not so high that there is really no choice but to buy health insurance

o The payment is not limited to willful violations, as "penalties" often are

o The payment is collected solely by the IRS through the normal means of taxation

Any attempt by the government to "force us to buy anything at all and call it a tax" must survive this test as a threshold matter.

According to Roberts' reasoning, yes. Theoretically, the government could levy a tax for not buying a Chevy Volt, and there would be no legal ramifications.

Nope. Read the Roberts decision.

You are NOT forced to buy health insurance. If you don't buy health insurance there are no criminal penalties. You simply pay a higher tax rate if you don't buy health insurance.

Yes. A sad day

Yup.

Awww...poorbaby...you took your Anti-American Hatred and misunderstanding of the Constitution to the Supreme Court...waaaaa!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W910WX69Ah8

My state forces me to buy auto insurance.

Nothing new there...