Well stated Pres. Obama: We're not going to have other people carry your burdens for you anymore than everybody in America has to get auto insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal:

On ABC's "This Week," Mr. Obama grew combative when host George Stephanopoulos asked whether his plan's requirement that most Americans buy health insurance would be equivalent to a tax increase. "For us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase," Mr. Obama said.

"What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase," Mr. Obama said. He added: "George, you—you can't just make up that language and decide that that's called a tax increase."