June 25, 2015 9:45AM # Video: Teachers Victimized by IRS’s Illegal Taxes Call *King v. Burwell* a “Godsend” By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE Yesterday, I [blogged](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcannon/2015/06/24/benefits-of-king-v-burwell-more-jobs-higher-incomes-70-million-freed-from-illegal-taxes/) about the 70 million Americans President Obama is subjecting to illegal taxes, who would be freed from those taxes by a ruling for the challengers in *King v. Burwell*. Many of the victims of those illegal taxes are teachers. Kevin Pace, for example, is a jazz musician and music professor in Northern Virginia who [lost $8,000 of income](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/health-care-law-is-tied-to-new-caps-on-work-hours-for-part-timers/2013/07/23/e6272544-e96a-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html) in one year alone when the Obama administration unlawfully imposed ObamaCare’s employer mandate on his employer. A group called American Commitment has produced a short [video](https://youtu.be/stQMF5EwWpE) telling the stories of two more victims of these illegal taxes. One says these illegal taxes reduced his hours worked by 40 percent, calling it “absurd” and “unfair.” Another says a ruling for the *King v. Burwell* challengers would be a “godsend” and asks Congress to “come to its senses and give me back my hours, please.” ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).