Buy $15,000 Insurance, or Go To Jail?

[Ridinwithforrest]

While I was sitting in the waiting room(they don't call it that for nothing) I overheard two old farts talking about Obama making it manditory for EVERYONE to pay $15,000 for an insurance policy, or face jail time. I searched a little, but haven't found anything. Anybody got a link?

[Cracker]

There was a reference on the extreme right wing supported site of that fool Matt Drudge linking to a known right wing extremist GOP lackey's website....It popped up as a spam issue somehow and I quickly did a virus scan and had the vile infiltrating scum removed from my computer......I would caution anyone from this site to use extreme caution as these GOP subversion experts will do everything they can to sway us from our cause.....

[Obama Love]

PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats’ Mandate Can Lead to 5 Years in Jail

Friday, November 06, 2009

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 criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
In response to the JCT letter, Camp said: “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”
Key excerpts from the JCT letter appear below:
“H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional tax.” [page 1]

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“If the government determines that the taxpayer’s unpaid tax liability results from willful behavior, the following penalties could apply…” [page 2]

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“Criminal penalties
Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses. Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual:
• Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
• Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]
When confronted with this same issue during its consideration of a similar individual mandate tax, the Senate Finance Committee worked on a bipartisan basis to include language in its bill that shielded Americans from civil and criminal penalties. The Pelosi bill, however, contains no similar language protecting American citizens from civil and criminal tax penalties that could include a $250,000 fine and five years in jail.
“The Senate Finance Committee had the good sense to eliminate the extreme penalty of incarceration. Speaker Pelosi’s decision to leave in the jail time provision is a threat to every family who cannot afford the $15,000 premium her plan creates. Fortunately, Republicans have an alternative that will lower health insurance costs without raising taxes or cutting Medicare,” said Camp.
According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016

[Cracker]

Obama Love..........have you let the extremist GOP scum into your world....?

I pray to Obama for your guidance......

[Rexford Guy Tugwell]

Socialism does not work unless everyone participates – everyone must give their fair share. There must be severe penalties for those that do not comply. Stalin's gulags were only one approach to this problem.

[revok1441]

Just get the fvckin insurance honky. We know you can pay for it, all white families have a little "cotton money" stashed away..

[Ridinwithforrest]

Originally Posted by revok1441

Just get the fvckin insurance honky. We know you can pay for it, all white families have a little "cotton money" stashed away..

Well.....f uck................There goes the money I had saved up for a new engine, and new 35's for my truck! But, if donating my savings keeps the Obama machine rolling forward, it's a small price to pay.

[64 POWER]

Originally Posted by revok1441

Just get the fvckin insurance honky. We know you can pay for it, all white families have a little "cotton money" stashed away..

I just raised the rent on my SECTION 8 family !!!!

[Cracker]

I got no money.....guess I be seen yall at Sing Sing.....doon five widd no jive.

[Obamatology]

I think it's a great idea. It's time for the free loaders to pay their fair share around here. You know you're goingto hear the right wingers crying about it, but to hell with them. Living isn't free, it's the air that's free.

Praise Obama.