PPACA Mandate: Penalty or Tax

[finnbow]

What a feckin' stupid gotcha-type of debate this issue has become. Both candidates at different times state that it is or isn't a tax and both are running away from their previous assertions. WTF? I just can't see how this matters. Freeloaders will have to pay a penalty/penalty/fee for their freeloadin' ways, as they should, both under RomneyCare and ObamaCare. Why should what you choose to call the tax/fee/penalty matter so much?