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Home Front: Politix
Buy Health Insurance or Go to Jail
2009-09-26
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."
Posted by:Beavis

#13  Of course, I, as a Catholic, will also be forced to pay for others to have abortions.

That bothers me a lot, too. I take some small comfort, however, knowing that most of the aborted are Democrats.
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-09-26 19:42  

#12  Constitutionality is the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution[1]; the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable constitution. When one of these (laws, procedures, or acts) directly violates the constitution it is unconstitutional[2]
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-09-26 17:54  

#11  Sure he can. You just have to be an illegal alien or non-working moocher.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-09-26 17:53  

#10  Can't Dear Leader just give us all free health care?
Posted by: SteveS   2009-09-26 17:46  

#9  Re #4 - Blondie, I don't think that Christian Scientists will have to go to a doctor. They just have to pay for other people to go to doctors.
Of course, I, as a Catholic, will also be forced to pay for others to have abortions.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2009-09-26 15:17  

#8  That's how it's done in Mass. Thanks, Mitt!
Posted by: Vespasian Glirt9181   2009-09-26 12:20  

#7  A protection racket scheme Tony Soprano would certainly admire.
Posted by: Besoeker in Duitsland   2009-09-26 12:19  

#6  So when it comes down to your last dollar do you buy food so you can eat, pay the rent so you're not homeless, pay your car loan so you can get to work? Nope, because they don't put you in jail for those.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2009-09-26 12:12  

#5  The Social ists are determined to make every serf citizen guilty of some crime so they can sell penitence in the style of the Medieval church. In the name of GOD the State the Children the People, you are inherently evil and must obey me to receive absolution.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-09-26 11:45  

#4  Ok, well...a friend of mine brought up an interesting point. Say you are a Christian Scientist or some other religious group that doesn't believe in going to doctors for whatever reason. Do you get a freedom of religion pass for that or are you headin' to the slammer?
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-09-26 11:41  

#3  On the bright side
Posted by: ed   2009-09-26 11:26  

#2  On the bright, the gov pays 100% for prison health care.
Posted by: ed   2009-09-26 11:26  

#1  So if I don't have it and don't pay the fine, is it off to the gulag for re-education and self-criticism until I get my mind right?
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-09-26 11:22  

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