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Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including cri
Originally posted by Elostone
I, for one, will NOT be buying into any so called "mandated" health insurance. I will go to prison 1st.
Originally posted by mythatsabigprobe
Originally posted by Elostone
I, for one, will NOT be buying into any so called "mandated" health insurance. I will go to prison 1st.
What, so I'll be forced to pay for your vacation in prison now?
Originally posted by Erasurehead
Does this sound like liberty to anyone? I will not stand for this, I will fight this with all I have. They just can't decide that it is ok to send people to jail if they don't buy health insurance. This is unamerican and I can't believe that this is even being considered. Live free or die.
Originally posted by Angiras
So with U 6 estimates of around 53 million unemployed Americans, currently, and more to come, the Government is now going to require their broke and penniless citizens, many of whom are living out of tents and gathering food from Aid Centers, to pay the Insurance Companies their promised blood money or go to Jail? I dont think so. This is should be called the Insurance Lobby Care Plan.
If you think this is in the best interests of the US population, you need to have your head examined.
[edit on 6-11-2009 by Angiras]
Originally posted by Angiras
So with U 6 estimates of around 53 million unemployed Americans
the Government is now going to require their broke and penniless citizens, many of whom are living out of tents and gathering food from Aid Centers, to pay the Insurance Companies their promised blood money or go to Jail?
Originally posted by Seiko
reply to post by Jim Scott
...and if they cannot pay?
Are we seeing the re institution of a debtors prison?
Originally posted by Jim Scott
Originally posted by Erasurehead
Does this sound like liberty to anyone? I will not stand for this, I will fight this with all I have. They just can't decide that it is ok to send people to jail if they don't buy health insurance. This is unamerican and I can't believe that this is even being considered. Live free or die.
It's not? Think about it. I have to work to pay for the health care of others now. Doesn't that affect my liberty? When the uninsured go into a hospital, it comes out of my taxpayer pocket. I would rather see them pay something, personally.