QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 12:17 PM)
So, based on this decision, there's basically nothing to stop Congress from implementing just about any sort of measure to collect funds from the populace so long as it looks like a tax. Hell, they don't even have to CALL it a tax. Just make it work like a tax.
*opens wallet wider*
The Supreme Court ruling is merely the status quo. Many believe Congress already had the power under the commerce clause to basically do whatever it wanted.