claim: the health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in u.s. history."
author: joe scarborough
evidence_1: jun 28, 2012 ... gary aubuchon said on twitter that the "ruling confirms obamacare is the largest  tax increase in u.s. history. u.s. rep. jeff landry, r-pa., put it this way: "this is  the largest tax increase on the poor and the middle class in the history of this  country"; and alabama republican party chair bill armistead said ...
evidence_2: jul 9, 2012 ... no sooner had chief justice roberts issued his ruling that obamacare's  individual mandate to purchase health insurance obamacare was a tax than the  law's defenders in the press were racing to rebut the idea that the law, overall, is  the largest tax increase in american history. “no, obamacare isn't the ...
evidence_3: jul 25, 2012 ... ... it's president barack obama's health care reform law. "i think it's the worst  piece of legislation that's been passed in my lifetime," former republican  wisconsin congressman mark neumann said. "it's stopping business from  growing and creating jobs. it's the biggest tax increase in american history, likely  to ...
evidence_4: jun 29, 2012 ... chief justice john g. roberts jr. administers the oath of office to barack obama ( or gives him a high-five) (photo credit: wikipedia). supreme court chief justice  john roberts decided to save president obama's signature legislation by ruling  that the individual mandate requiring americans to have health ...
evidence_5: may 22, 2017 ... the house bill would represent the largest transfer in modern u.s. history from  low- and moderate-income people to the very wealthy.the bill ... this structure —  huge tax cuts for the rich and corporations paid for by cutting provisions that help  millions to afford health coverage and care — means: the bill is ...